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    By Rachel Wagner  February 26, 2025

    More than Cosplaying the Past: Andrea Barrett on Learning to Write Fresh Historical Fiction

    The Author of “Dust and Light” Shares Her Formative Influences for Using Fact in Fiction

     
    By Andrea Barrett  February 26, 2025

    Matters of the Heart: On Daily Life With a Defective Yet Vital Organ

    Jeffrey L. Kosky: "My heart was defecting—as if it were not really mine—and the defector threatened to tear me apart."

     
    By Jeffrey L. Kosky  February 26, 2025

    Lit From the Chocolate City: Ten Washington D.C Books That Aren’t About Politicians

    Charlotte Taylor Fryar Recommends Edward P. Jones, Dinaw Mengestu, Morowa Yejidé, and More

     
    By Charlotte Taylor Fryar  February 26, 2025

    The Rise of Ronald Reagan, a Product of California

    Michael Hiltzik on the Early Career of the Actor-Cum-Politician Who Changed America

     
    By Michael Hiltzik  February 26, 2025

    An Invisibility Cloak of the Self: Jane Tara on Being Told She Was Going Blind in Her Forties

    The Author of “Tilda Is Visible” Reflects on the World Before and After a Startling Vision Misdiagnosis

     
    By Jane Tara  February 26, 2025