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Dec 02, 2025
Award-winning authors Elizabeth McCracken, Yiyun Li, and Paul Lisicky join us for an irresistible look behind the curtain of writing — a masterclass on the art of fiction — and a conversation about McCracken’s new book, A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction.
How does the writer face the blank page? Move a character around a room? Absorb us, as readers, in the mysteries of a good story? There are no definitive answers to such questions — writers must come up with their own. And for over 35 years, bestselling novelist and legendary teacher Elizabeth McCracken has been guiding her many students — including renowned novelists like Yiyun Li — through their own answers. In A Long Game, she shares incisive thoughts about the art and work of writing with the rest of us — an indispensable resource for writers, and an utterly fascinating look at how fiction works, adding new depth and dimension to any reader’s appreciation for the art of storytelling.
In this candid conversation, a small symposium on the art of fiction from three of our great contemporary storytellers, hear McCracken, Li, and Lisicky open the curtain to reveal the mechanics — and the magic — of the written word.
“Elizabeth McCracken was my teacher, and it’s a joy to know that now more people will have access to her brilliance.” — Yiyun Li
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