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Should You Even Bother Writing Fiction in 2026?

A friend of mine—a more successful writer than I am, one who rakes in the heavy-hitting literary accolades most fiction writers only dream

My husband and I recently returned from Spain, where we finished walking El Camino del Norte to celebrate our wedding anniversary. The trail is

Like many in the U.S., my family immigrated here. My great-grandfather left England by ship to work in the woolen mills in Massachusetts. My

Recently, I streamed “Showing Up,” a movie starring Michelle Williams as a glum, frumpy sculptor working at the Oregon College of Arts and Crafts in

My youngest son called yesterday with an apology. “I’m sorry, Mom, but do you mind if I don’t spend Christmas with you?” He had a valid reason: his

Nothing is on the oak desk except my humming laptop and notebook. Every window is an art installation with mobiles and colored glass bottles. The

I gasped as the car navigated a hairpin turn and confronted new obstacles: a parked Amazon truck, a double-parked Toyota, and a woman pushing a

I visited my son and his wife in Brooklyn a few days before the election and went for an early run. The run took me through the projects and down

The tree branches tunnel above me as I run down the path. The sky is growing darker. The rain, when it comes, whispers through the leaves at first,