Authors on prose style

'Good prose feels spherical': the best-written recent submission from our subscribers

The author answers our questions on prose style

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And Joe Hill answers our questions on prose style

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Andrew Krivak: 'No storyteller speaks in sentences.'

The author of our book of the month answers our questions on prose style; and we pick the best-written work from another prize shortlist

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The International Booker Prize: the best-written book on the shortlist

And Guillermo Stitch answers our questions on prose style

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The best-written recent release

Plus Part 2 of Gabriel Tallent's piece on prose style

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The best-written recent release

Plus Gabriel Tallent's original, witty, detailed, and highly personal take on prose style

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The best-written recent literary fiction

And Maggie Haggith writes for us on prose style and AI writing

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The best-written recent nonfiction

And Anjet Daanje answers our questions on prose style

Dec 5, 2025 • The best writers on the Stack, The Demon Inside David Lynch, and Sean McNulty

'Once you’re writing to convey information, the prose is dead.'

The best-written recent literary fiction

Nov 7, 2025 • The best writers on the Stack, The Demon Inside David Lynch, and Sean McNulty

A new pick from our subscribers' submissions

Plus the best-written recent nonfiction

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Stephen Marche: 'It is worth spending a year on a book to make it one percent better.'

Read Marche's answers to our questions on prose style and AI writing

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