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John Cheever and Djuna Barnes, Patron Literary Saints of Suburbia and Bohemia, Died This Day in 1982.

Lives Lived on the Opposite Sides of the American Dream

 
By Jonny Diamond  June 18, 2021

Ten Things Writers Need to Create Convincing Characters

Robert McKee Recommends Everything From Showmanship to Self-Knowledge

 
By Robert McKee  June 18, 2021

How the Legacy of Slavery Warps the World for Black Women

From Rebecca Hall’s Graphic Memoir Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts

 
By Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez  June 18, 2021

On the Weaponization of Language in a Traumatized Nation

Andrea Scrima Finds Connections Between American Mythmaking and Political Deceptions

 
By Andrea Scrima  June 18, 2021

When an Avowed Helicopter Parent Writes a Novel About Imperiled Children

Jonathan Evison Walks a Mile in His Characters’ Shoes

 
By Jonathan Evison  June 18, 2021

Andy Weir on the Problem of Interstellar Travel

In Conversation with Rob Wolf on the New Books Network Podcast

 
By New Books Network  June 18, 2021
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    Environment

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    By Cal Flyn  June 18, 2021
    Catholicism

    My Years of Living Dangerously: On Late-Stage Catholicism, Lying, and Communion

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    How the Culture of Medicine Kills Both Patients and Doctors

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    The Literary Life

    M.J. Fievre on Becoming a Haitian Writer in America

    By The Literary Life  June 18, 2021
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    The Search for Extraterrestrial Life is Also a Search for Extraterrestrial Death

    By Open Source  June 18, 2021

    The Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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    "Now Vee May Perhaps to Begin": On Art, Theft, and Inspiration

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    A List of Books That Are Not Quite Noir (But Also Not Not Noir)

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