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Women Writers
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“It pitches new freedoms against dying rules and routines, with a keen eye for the debris, as its worlds of beauty and cruelty collide.”
By Susie Boyt
September 15, 2025
Craft
The Case for Polyamory: Alejandro Varela on Writing a Novel That Questions Everything
“Once society’s fallibility becomes apparent, everything else comes into question.”
By Alejandro Varela
September 9, 2025
Reading Lists
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Paul Slovak Digs Into Titles by Leonard Cohen, John Williams, Alfred Doblin, and More
By Paul Slovak
September 8, 2025
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September 5, 2025
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