Writing and Ideas

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Rabih Alameddine

Five Things I've Learned About

Being Grumpy

View the archive of this 90-minute class from internationally-acclaimed writer Rabih Alameddine, and discover the few things he’s learned about the elasticity of identity and imagination.

Isabel Allende

Five Things I've Learned About

Writing Fiction

View the archive of this 90-minute class from Isabel Allende, one of the most widely read and acclaimed authors in the world, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about writing fiction, discovering your...

David W. Blight

Five Things I've Learned About

The Challenges and Triumphs of Writing Biography

View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed teacher, scholar and public historian David W. Blight and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the ways that biography can help us better learn about...

Judith Curr

Five Things I've Learned About

How Publishing Works

View the archive of this two-hour class from celebrated President and Publisher of the HarperOne Group, Judith Curr, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about the power of storytelling and the joys of...

Elizabeth George

Five Things I've Learned About

Editing My Own Work

View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George, and discover how the Five Things She’s Learned about self-editing can help you to recognize what works in your own...

Don George

Five Things I've Learned About

How to be a Travel Writer

View the archive of this two-hour class from the author of How to Be a Travel Writer, Lonely Planet’s best-selling guide to travel writing, Don George, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about what makes...

Janine di Giovanni

Five Things I've Learned About

Writing Narrative Non-Fiction

View the archive of this two-hour class from multi-award winning journalist and author Janine di Giovanni, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about writing — and appreciating — narrative non-fiction and...

Pico Iyer and Michael Shapiro

Five Things I've Learned About

The Art of the Interview

View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed writers and interviewers Pico Iyer and Michael Shapiro, and discover the Five Things They’ve Learned from experience about the Art of the Interview.

Steven Johnson

Five Things I've Learned About

Where Creativity Comes From

View the archive of this two-hour class from best-selling author Steven Johnson, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the critical tools innovative thinkers use to nurture their creative practice – and...

Catherine Grace Katz

Five Things I've Learned About

Writing the History We Think We Know

View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed historian and writer Catherine Grace Katz, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about how to uncover and share the stories that challenge our ideas of...

Phil Klay

Five Things I've Learned About

Thinking and Writing about Citizenship

View the archive of this two-hour class from U.S. Marine Corps veteran, writer, and teacher Phil Klay and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about American citizenship – what it means, the obligations it places...

Roosevelt Montás

Five Things I've Learned About

Self-Transformation, by Reading Ancient Books

View the archive of this 90-minute class from writer, author, and professor Roosevelt Montás and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the transforming power of the Great Books—and why the ideas and passions...

Russell Shorto

Five Things I've Learned About

Writing Family History

View the archive of this two-hour class from New York Times bestselling writer Russell Shorto, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about diving into your past and bringing the story you find there to life.

James Surowiecki

Five Things I've Learned About

How to Write about Ideas

View the archive of this two-hour class from journalist and author James Surowiecki and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how to write about ideas – how to take complicated concepts and make them...

Jonathan Taplin

Five Things I've Learned About

The Future of Media and Democracy

View the archive of this 90-minute class from acclaimed producer, executive, professor, and author Jonathan Taplin, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the tenuous link between media and democracy –...

Brooke Warner

Five Things I've Learned About

What It Takes to Get Published

View the archive of this two-hour class from editor and publisher Brooke Warner, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned about what agents, editors, and publishers look at when considering a new manuscript –...

Brooke Warner

Five Things I've Learned About

How Women Writers Thrive

View the archive of this two-hour class from editor and publisher Brooke Warner, and discover the Five Things She’s Learned during her nearly two decades of leading and championing women-only publishing about the...

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