Research shows AI can boost creativity for some, but at a cost
Amateur writers using AI tools produced stories that were deemed more creative, but the research suggests the creativity of the group overall went down.
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YA Fantasy Where The Oppression Is Real
Tomi Adeyemi's new book, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, is fantasy for young adults. But the issues it's dealing with — racism, oppression and war — are very real. And they're not sugarcoated.
In 'Savage Gods,' An Author Finds That Pondering Being Leads To An Inability To Write
Paul Kingsnorth moved to a small farm in Ireland to be closer to the land and to reconnect with the essence of being. Instead of contentment, he found that it was tough to find meaning in writing.
How The Author Of 'Midnight Chicken' Unexpectedly Built A Life Worth Living
Ella Risbridger was suicidally depressed when she roasted a chicken and ended up writing an uplifting, genre-bending cookbook that reads like a magical mix of memoir, novel and self-help book.
George Saunders On Letting The Story Lead And Finding The Characters Within
When George Saunders was young, he read Hemingway and de Maupassant.
'We Begin In Gladness' Brings A Message Of Poetry's Importance In Today's World
Through the arc of the poet's career, Craig Morgan Teicher shows that while we are often too distracted to appreciate each other and our universe — poetry demands that we pause and listen.
Photographer And 'Blind Spot' Author Teju Cole Comes To The Triad
New York Times photography critic Teju Cole visits the Triad Tuesday night as part of the
It Sounds Like Science Fiction But ... It's A Cliché
The Internet is full of science fiction becoming science fact. NPR Science Editor Geoff Brumfiel is ready to make a stand. Sort of.
Writing Past The White Gaze As A Black Author
"I wanted my characters to be respectable. I wanted them to somehow escape the judgement they'd get for just being, the same kind of judgement I've gotten for just being..."
Ta-Nehisi Coates On His Work And The Painful Process Of Getting Conscious
The writer, whose Between The World And Me was the winner of this year's National Book Award in nonfiction, talks about his process and the classmate and friend to whom he dedicated the award.