The Writing Room's fresh makeover has vanished nearly all traces of Elaine's ghosts. Gabi Porter The Writing Room is making lots of people in its neighborhood happy. But its recent opening on the old ...

Writers have long gathered together to work. Compared with the alternative — laboring alone, glued to your desk chair and held captive by an app that deletes words if you stop (Write or Die) — writing ...

“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction,” Virginia Woolf wrote in a famous 1929 essay. British businessman Arron Banks apparently disagrees, and he incurred the wrath ...

Advice books on academic productivity tell you to establish a writing routine, and stick to it. The experts say it’s a mistake to think you’ll get much accomplished in frenetic bursts. So why are we ...

Elaine’s restaurant was a de facto clubhouse to one-named A-listers like Warhol, Mailer, Woody and Mia for decades, so when it closed in 2011, regulars deemed it and owner Elaine Kaufman irreplaceable ...

This summer, Detroiters will have the opportunity to connect with Michigan authors while supporting local youth with the Detroit Writing Room’s Summer Author Series. It’s the Detroit Writing Room’s ...

The Detroit Writing Room has launched a new book club membership that includes high-profile authors. The 2021 virtual book club will feature talks with former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer, Judge ...