Maurice Ruffin

Free Writing Craft Session This Friday

Coming soon!

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Sowing the Seeds of Resistance What you need to know for now is that it was just like this. I wasn’t running away. I was running toward myself.”From The American Daughtersby Maurice Carlos Ruffin We know that spies have always been...

Thank you to Dr. Greene for this brilliant review of The American Daughters!

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Dear novelists: thank you. Keep writing.

That is all.

You Must Love Yourself to Write Well The Flagship Newsletter

I wrote this piece to help writers find their center.
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Yay!!

Interview with Cleyvis Natera Author of The Grand Paloma Resort

Oh man. I loved interviewing author Cleyvis Natera for The Grand Paloma Resort!
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When I turned 40, I had 320 short story rejections and no books published. A few years later, I've published a short story collection and two novels with another on the way. Believe in yourself like someone who loves you.

‘A Noiseless Flash’: Hiroshima, 80 years later - Nieman Storyboard The power of one story, and the need for many. Plus: Maurice Carlos Ruffin on “getting your protagonist out of the house”

My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org: Featuring @newyorker.com, Jane Mayer, Erika Hayasaki, @lesleymmblume.bsky.social, @vanityfair.com, @mauricenow.bsky.social, @jamiattenberg.bsky.social, and @brendanomeara.bsky.social

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I'm glad you enjoyed it, Kate!

Congratulations, David!

Two evergreen lessons in writing and reporting - Nieman Storyboard Author Dana A. Williams on Toni Morrison's influential work as an editor, plus Mina Kimes and Pablo Torre on the pitfalls of writing about athletes.

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The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire Live with Maurice Carlos Ruffin A recording from Maurice Carlos Ruffin and Sari Botton's live video

This is my second interview with Oldster. Sari Botton always makes me pay more attention to my time on earth.
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Community Writer Check-In Hello and welcome to the newsletter about writing, craft, worry, and joy. From time to time, we’ve found it helpful to reach out and check in on the writing community. Who’s in the writing community? ...

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You Need to Know Your Value Plus, a writing prompt for you.

You Need to Know Your Value.
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What Love Makes of Us They led the men in the church shackled to each other, them big rifles flirting with they backs. They sounded like a choir of Black bells jingling to the alter. They brought them men for labor and for...

Karisma Price's great first short story!

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The Interview with E. M. Tran Author of Daughters of the New Year

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writers' workshops - Key West Literary Seminar

Catch me in Key West this January.

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Thank y'all. Sold out!

The American Daughters: A Novel Amazon.com: The American Daughters: A Novel: 9780593729397: Ruffin, Maurice Carlos: Books

They're running a special. You can buy The American Daughters hard cover for only $9.

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You’re Going the Wrong Way Plus, a free writing prompt.

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A reminder:
Authoritarian capitalism, in which corporations ally themselves with repressive or anti-democratic political regimes, benefiting from protection and impunity.

Stormtrooper-ass looking cops standing in front of a giant donut.

Give the photographer the Pulitzer Prize

My Substack is for writers, thinkers, and anyone trying to find their creative way.

THIS SATURDAY. The Souf Got Something to Say.

My Substack is for writers, thinkers, and anyone trying to find their creative way.

Poetry by Maurice Carlos Ruffin - 64 Parishes Poetry by New York Times-bestselling author of The American Daughters Maurice Carlos Ruffin.

I published a new poem in Louisiana. Hold it for me, would you?

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Hi to all the writers and creators out there. I'm Maurice Carlos Ruffin, author of three fiction books. Follow me on Substack for illuminating essays, interviews, and podcast episodes about the creative experience.

The Interview with Morgan Jerkins Author of ZEAL

It's always nice to chat with the great Morgan Jerkins!

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Thanks for reading!

The Burning of Nottoway Plantation A fire at the Nottoway Plantation raises an important question: how do we treat locations with heinous histories?

I had thoughts about the plantation burning. Lots of thoughts.

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