Creative Lifer

Talking About the Creative Life

Dec 22, 2022

Podcast Conversation with the TW Editors

Art reframes the way you look at the world, and we are very, very much in need of a new frame.

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On Writing Another Novel

Nov 14, 2022

Essay by Rebecca Steinitz

It’s particularly hard when it takes so long to arrive back where you started: as a writer who has never published a novel.

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Music Talk: Jamey Robinson

Oct 24, 2022

Podcast Interview with John Vogel

Adventures with creative lifer and Philadelphia musician Robinson—aka Buffalo Stance.

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Why I Love Translating

Oct 12, 2022

Essay by Patricia Dubrava

Many of the best translators know the language of the original well, but I share an advantage with all the best: I’m a writer, too.

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Beautiful People in the Brain of the Beholder

Jun 20, 2022

Book Excerpt by Anjan Chatterjee

Do our brains react to beauty even when we are not thinking about it?

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Author Talk: Anjan Chatterjee

Jun 20, 2022

Video Interview by John Vogel

How do you make the case to people who don't necessarily believe that art matters?

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Apocalypse Series

May 23, 2022

Art Feature by Matthew Felix Sun

The least I can do is to observe, document, and call attention to the ceaseless disasters.

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Betty Southerland: “There Are No Mistakes”

May 02, 2022

TW Interview by Donna Tallent

I watched my creative friends and learned how they made time for art: They stole their time back from the things that didn’t matter.

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Writer's Desk Residency

May 02, 2022

Comic Feature by Anna Maconochie

I'm thinking of this less as a temp contract and more as a writer's residency.

Art and Comics, Creative Lifer, Communication | Read More

My Anarchist Heart

May 02, 2022

Essay by John Vogel

I love being sparked by art. It’s one of the best and oldest experiences to which we have access, and when you can achieve that by your own creation, that’s the jackpot.

Memoir, History, Creative Lifer | Read More

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