(6 Tips for Writing a Compelling First Sentence.) Writing can be emotionally taxing, whether it's the frustration of not ...

Lili Anolik’s “Didion & Babitz” is a sparkling and ardent look at the conflicting sensibilities of two iconic Californians ...

Good writing requires four things: precision, freedom, respect and love. In this political climate, these qualities are especially important.

Lili Anolik, who’s unearthed Eve Babitz and exposed Donna Tartt, now strips the sentiment which has gathered around one of ...

A new book compares the authors and frenemies Joan Didion and Eve Babitz, but its fixation on their rivalry obscures the ...

In today’s fast-paced academic world, students often find themselves juggling multiple responsibilities — attending lectures, ...

Coates features snippets of his biography in each essay, but always returns to lessons for writers, as in this reflection during his first ever visit to Africa: "There are dimensions in your words — ...

Writing essays can be draining, tedious, and difficult, even for me—and I write all day long for a living. If writing isn’t your special skill, it’s even harder, which is why there are so ...

A conversation with John Nathan, a biographer of Yukio Mishima, who translated the story “From the Wilderness” in this week’s issue.

You’re here because you want to know how to get ChatGPT to write an essay for you, and I’m here to say you shouldn’t do that outright—but there are ways you can get ChatGPT or other AI ...

According to “The Price of Power,” a new biography by Michael Tackett, McConnell already despised Trump, calling him “not very smart, irascible, nasty” and a “despicable human being.” ...

The Man Who Told the Truth" is the first biography of the legendary writer ... Jimmy normally had hours to write. With Son of Sam, he had days to think about that letter. And what he wrote ...