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A stunning guide to finding creative inspiration and how it can illuminate your life, your work, and your art—from Stephen King, Junot Díaz, Elizabeth Gilbert, Amy Tan, Khaled Hosseini, Roxane Gay, Neil Gaiman, and many more acclaimed writers

What inspires you? That’s the simple, but profound question posed to forty-six renowned authors in LIGHT THE DARK. Each writer begins with a favorite passage from a novel, a song, a poem—something that gets them started and keeps them going with the creative work they love. From there, incredible lessons and stories of life-changing encounters with art emerge, like how sneaking books into his job as a night security guard helped Khaled Hosseini learn that nothing he creates will ever be truly finished. Or how a college reading assignment taught Junot Díaz that great art can be a healing conversation, and an unexpected poet led Elizabeth Gilbert to embrace an unyielding optimism, even in the face of darkness. LIGHT THE DARK collects the best of The Atlantic‘s much-acclaimed “By Heart” series edited by Joe Fassler and adds brand new pieces, each one paired with a striking illustration. Here is a guide to creative living and writing in the vein of Daily Rituals, Bird by Bird, and Big Magic for anyone who wants to learn how great writers find inspiration—and how to find some of your own.

CONTENTS
Joe Fassler: Preface
Aimee Bender: Light the Dark
Sherman Alexie: Leaving the Reservation of the Mind
Elizabeth Gilbert: In Praise of Stubborn Gladness
Stephen King: You’ve Been Here Before
Junot Díaz: A Friend of the Mind
William Gibson: The Handshake
Khaled Hosseini: Everything I Meant to Say
Andre Dubus III: Do Not Think, Dream
Mary Gaitskill: I Don’t Know You Anymore
Michael Chabon: To Infinity and Beyond
Walter Mosley: How I Awoke
Edwidge Danticat: All Immigrants Are Artists
Billy Collins: Into the Deep Heart’s Core
Kathryn Harrison: Please StopThinking
David Mitchell: Neglect Everything Else
Roxane Gay: Dreaming in Drag
Tom Perrotta: Ordinary People
Ayana Mathis: Against Unreality
Jim Shepard: No One Ever Changes
Leslie Jamison: On Commonness
Jonathan Lethem: Letting the Leopards In
Jesse Ball: The Edge of Sense
Angela Flournoy: A Place to Call My Own
Lev Grossman: Into the Wardrobe, into the Self
Yiyun Li: Strangers on a Train
Maggie Shipstead: Time Passes
Jeff Tweedy: Translating the Subconscious
Nell Zink: The Long Game
Charles Simic: Lifting the Blanket
Viet Thanh Nguyen: Follow This Voice
Emma Donoghue: You and Me
Claire Messud: Words on Paper Will Outlast Us
Jane Smiley: Nobody Asked You to Write That Novel
Jonathan Franzen: My Favorite Curmudgeon
Hanya Yanagihara: Writing for Right Now
Ben Marcus: Recommended Dosage
Mark Haddon: Music for Misfits
T.C. Boyle: How Stories Say Goodbye
Ethan Canin: Rehearsals for Death
Eileen Myles: Happy Accidents
Marilynne Robinson: The Brain Is Larger Than the Sea
Neil Gaiman: Random Joy
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