“We can reveal a truth in a poem by telling another’s story, within which lies our own.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Jill Bialosky encourages poets to embrace fictional speakers in their work. at.pw.org/BialoskyCC2
October 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM
“We can reveal a truth in a poem by telling another’s story, within which lies our own.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Jill Bialosky encourages poets to embrace fictional speakers in their work. at.pw.org/BialoskyCC2
“Several revolutions make a final electric charge feel even more earned.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Jill Bialosky encourages poets to let truth surprise them in the writing process. at.pw.org/BialoskyCC1
September 28, 2026 at 2:02 PM
“Several revolutions make a final electric charge feel even more earned.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Jill Bialosky encourages poets to let truth surprise them in the writing process. at.pw.org/BialoskyCC1
“Some movements take place in a relative instant; others unfold across billions of years.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Kazim Ali invites poets to embark on an experimental dance and embodied writing exercise. at.pw.org/AliCC3
September 14, 2026 at 2:03 PM
“Some movements take place in a relative instant; others unfold across billions of years.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Kazim Ali invites poets to embark on an experimental dance and embodied writing exercise. at.pw.org/AliCC3
“Each player now has the time of one turn of the hourglass to write a couplet or short poem in response.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Kazim Ali creates a generative writing board game inspired by Emily Dickinson. at.pw.org/AliCC2
September 7, 2026 at 2:03 PM
“Each player now has the time of one turn of the hourglass to write a couplet or short poem in response.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Kazim Ali creates a generative writing board game inspired by Emily Dickinson. at.pw.org/AliCC2
“Errors become wanderings. Cross-outs remain as proof, condemnation, or amnesty.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Kazim Ali reflects on erasure and encouragers writers to experiment with the form. at.pw.org/AliCC1
August 31, 2026 at 2:02 PM
“Errors become wanderings. Cross-outs remain as proof, condemnation, or amnesty.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Kazim Ali reflects on erasure and encouragers writers to experiment with the form. at.pw.org/AliCC1
“All we’ve got are our guts and integrity when we set out to write.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Sara Lippmann encourages writers to say what they need to say, regardless of industry trends. at.pw.org/LippmannCC3
August 10, 2026 at 2:15 PM
“All we’ve got are our guts and integrity when we set out to write.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Sara Lippmann encourages writers to say what they need to say, regardless of industry trends. at.pw.org/LippmannCC3
“So much of our best writing happens when we leave behind the deadening glow of the screen.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Sara Lippmann encourages authors to find pastimes to supplement the writing life. at.pw.org/LippmannCC2
August 3, 2026 at 2:15 PM
“So much of our best writing happens when we leave behind the deadening glow of the screen.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Sara Lippmann encourages authors to find pastimes to supplement the writing life. at.pw.org/LippmannCC2
“Instead of torturing yourself, you could transgress.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Sara Lippmann encourages writers to pursue multiple projects simultaneously. at.pw.org/LippmannCC1
July 27, 2026 at 2:15 PM
“Instead of torturing yourself, you could transgress.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Sara Lippmann encourages writers to pursue multiple projects simultaneously. at.pw.org/LippmannCC1
“How much disjunction and fragmentation can you bear, do you find beautiful?” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Donna Masini considers the value of combining incongruous images in poetry. at.pw.org/MasiniCC2
July 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
“How much disjunction and fragmentation can you bear, do you find beautiful?” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Donna Masini considers the value of combining incongruous images in poetry. at.pw.org/MasiniCC2
“Instead of starting a work with character or plot or setting, I turned to something that felt more severe, more pleasingly draconian: form.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Julie Schumacher encourages writers to experiment with different forms to combat the blank page. at.pw.org/SchumacherCC3
June 22, 2026 at 2:30 PM
“Instead of starting a work with character or plot or setting, I turned to something that felt more severe, more pleasingly draconian: form.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Julie Schumacher encourages writers to experiment with different forms to combat the blank page. at.pw.org/SchumacherCC3
“The point of the exercise is to demonstrate that once-painful...moments in our lives can be great source material when writing humor.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Julie Schumacher reflects on how painful experiences can carry comedic potential for writing. at.pw.org/SchumacherCC2
June 15, 2026 at 2:30 PM
“The point of the exercise is to demonstrate that once-painful...moments in our lives can be great source material when writing humor.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Julie Schumacher reflects on how painful experiences can carry comedic potential for writing. at.pw.org/SchumacherCC2
“You don’t have to be a funny person with a backlog of jokes at the ready.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Julie Schumacher encourages writers to experiment with perspective to find humor. at.pw.org/SchumacherCC1
June 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
“You don’t have to be a funny person with a backlog of jokes at the ready.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Julie Schumacher encourages writers to experiment with perspective to find humor. at.pw.org/SchumacherCC1
“I like to think of ekphrasis as an emotional, rather than practical act.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Larissa Pham, author of Discipline (@randomhouse.bsky.social), considers the propulsive effect describing art can have on fiction. At.pw.org/PhamCC3
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May 25, 2026 at 2:30 PM
“I like to think of ekphrasis as an emotional, rather than practical act.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Larissa Pham, author of Discipline (@randomhouse.bsky.social), considers the propulsive effect describing art can have on fiction. At.pw.org/PhamCC3
“It’s a deceptively simple formal choice that allows the reader into the narrator’s emotions, while seeing just how much she holds back.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Larissa Pham studies the value of blending interior and exterior language by doing away with quotation marks. at.pw.org/PhamCC2
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May 18, 2026 at 2:30 PM
“It’s a deceptively simple formal choice that allows the reader into the narrator’s emotions, while seeing just how much she holds back.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Larissa Pham studies the value of blending interior and exterior language by doing away with quotation marks. at.pw.org/PhamCC2
“What if ‘enough’ for writing time was smaller than you might assume? And what if the fullness of your life is part of your writing?” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Ramona Ausubel offers insight on how to make time for writing when it feels like there’s no time to spare. at.pw.org/AusubelCC3
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April 27, 2026 at 2:30 PM
“What if ‘enough’ for writing time was smaller than you might assume? And what if the fullness of your life is part of your writing?” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Ramona Ausubel offers insight on how to make time for writing when it feels like there’s no time to spare. at.pw.org/AusubelCC3
“That’s the whole magic! Not being good, not being bad, just trying and seeing how it feels.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Ramona Ausubel encourages writers to embrace being an amateur in all corners of their lives. at.pw.org/AusubelCC2
Always Beginning, Always Continuing: On Non-Expertise
The author of Unstuck: A Writer’s Guide (Tin House, April 2026) encourages writers to embrace being an amateur in all corners of their lives.
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April 20, 2026 at 3:18 PM
“That’s the whole magic! Not being good, not being bad, just trying and seeing how it feels.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Ramona Ausubel encourages writers to embrace being an amateur in all corners of their lives. at.pw.org/AusubelCC2
“You are your own first reader, your own most important reader. These are your pages.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, author Ramona Ausubel encourages writers to write without an outside reader in mind. at.pw.org/AusubelCC1
April 13, 2026 at 2:15 PM
“You are your own first reader, your own most important reader. These are your pages.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, author Ramona Ausubel encourages writers to write without an outside reader in mind. at.pw.org/AusubelCC1
“I ask myself: Am I exposing information given to me in confidence? Am I writing to hurt, or to understand?” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, author @marianazos.bsky.social offers insight on how to approach writing sensitively about one’s most intimate relationships. at.pw.org/NazosCC3
How to Write Ethically About Those You Love, and Don’t Love Anymore
The author of Pulse (Omnidawn, 2026) offers insight on how to approach writing sensitively about one’s most intimate relationships.
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March 30, 2026 at 2:39 PM
“I ask myself: Am I exposing information given to me in confidence? Am I writing to hurt, or to understand?” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, author @marianazos.bsky.social offers insight on how to approach writing sensitively about one’s most intimate relationships. at.pw.org/NazosCC3
“When I say the anger has to ‘go somewhere,’ I mean it has to be transformed.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, poet @marianazos.bsky.social considers how metaphor can help metabolize anger. Read more: at.pw.org/NazosCC2
Ethical Rage: How Metaphor Transforms Anger Into a Higher Truth
The author of Pulse (Omnidawn, 2026) considers how metaphor can help metabolize anger.
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March 23, 2026 at 2:32 PM
“When I say the anger has to ‘go somewhere,’ I mean it has to be transformed.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, poet @marianazos.bsky.social considers how metaphor can help metabolize anger. Read more: at.pw.org/NazosCC2
“How much or little memory I reveal directly relates to how specific information shapes the reader’s experience.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, @marianazos.bsky.social considers how one can morally bend the truth in poetry. at.pw.org/NazosCC1
Lie Well: How to Fib Ethically in Your Poems
The author of Pulse (Omnidawn, 2026) considers how one can morally bend the truth in poetry.
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March 16, 2026 at 2:26 PM
“How much or little memory I reveal directly relates to how specific information shapes the reader’s experience.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, @marianazos.bsky.social considers how one can morally bend the truth in poetry. at.pw.org/NazosCC1
What a pleasure to write these three #craftcapsule essays. Thanks, @pw.org!
“Your tongue will remember repeated words and recurring constructions in a way your eye might miss.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, @emilynemens.bsky.social, author of Clutch (@tinhouse.bsky.social) describes the rigorous line work that went into finishing her manuscript. at.pw.org/NemensCC3
March 2, 2026 at 11:11 PM
What a pleasure to write these three #craftcapsule essays. Thanks, @pw.org!
“Your tongue will remember repeated words and recurring constructions in a way your eye might miss.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, @emilynemens.bsky.social, author of Clutch (@tinhouse.bsky.social) describes the rigorous line work that went into finishing her manuscript. at.pw.org/NemensCC3
March 2, 2026 at 3:15 PM
“Your tongue will remember repeated words and recurring constructions in a way your eye might miss.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, @emilynemens.bsky.social, author of Clutch (@tinhouse.bsky.social) describes the rigorous line work that went into finishing her manuscript. at.pw.org/NemensCC3
“Can we push up that peak to something closer to euphoria? What about when something bad happens: Might it be even worse, more devastating?” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, @emilynemens.bsky.social reflects on adjusting rising and falling action across time in fiction. at.pw.org/NemensCC2
February 23, 2026 at 3:15 PM
“Can we push up that peak to something closer to euphoria? What about when something bad happens: Might it be even worse, more devastating?” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, @emilynemens.bsky.social reflects on adjusting rising and falling action across time in fiction. at.pw.org/NemensCC2
“I was trying to solve for that artificial feeling of scenes by manipulating the time signature of storytelling.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, @emilynemens.bsky.social, author of Clutch (@tinhouse.bsky.social) reflects on poetic time, dialogue, and writing effective scenes. at.pw.org/NemensCC1
February 16, 2026 at 3:15 PM
“I was trying to solve for that artificial feeling of scenes by manipulating the time signature of storytelling.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, @emilynemens.bsky.social, author of Clutch (@tinhouse.bsky.social) reflects on poetic time, dialogue, and writing effective scenes. at.pw.org/NemensCC1
“I’m particularly drawn to the way form can add a kaleidoscopic function to a text allowing for new perspectives with every turn.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, brittny ray crowell considers the power of leveraging different media in poetry. at.pw.org/crowellCC3
January 26, 2026 at 4:15 PM
“I’m particularly drawn to the way form can add a kaleidoscopic function to a text allowing for new perspectives with every turn.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, brittny ray crowell considers the power of leveraging different media in poetry. at.pw.org/crowellCC3