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    Featuring Julie Phillips, McKayla Coyle, and Oliver Scialdone

     
    By The Lit Hub Podcast   January 17, 2025

    Finding the Wild Girls of Literature (and Following Them Into the Woods)

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    By Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum  January 17, 2025

    “We’re Not Living Right.” On the Failed Human Efforts to Conquer the Desert

    Kyle Paoletta Explores Language, Survival and Belonging in the American West

     
    By Kyle Paoletta  January 17, 2025

    Sweet Yet Versatile: In Praise of the Magnificent Melon

    Caroline Eden on the Long Journey of a Miraculous Fruit From Central Asia to Western Europe

     
    By Caroline Eden  January 17, 2025

    Erika Swyler on Worldbuilding as Set Design

    “Remember that every bit of worldbuilding that makes it to the page adds to the set, and stage space is limited.”

     
    By Erika Swyler  January 17, 2025