Elizabeth Gilbert told Rachel Khong to cheat on her job to make space for her novel—and it changed everything.
As heard by us
A thoughtful author interview about the tradeoffs between journalism, fiction, and keeping a writing life intact.
Rachel Kong's Longform conversation starts with Real Americans, but it keeps circling the same tension: the chaos of journalism versus the slower pull of fiction.
Why you'd press play
You want a writerly balancing act without the gloss.
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