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Szilvia Molnar on Knowing When to Kill Your Darlings

“I sometimes pulled back on reality. But, on the page, I gave close to everything.”

 
By Szilvia Molnar  March 21, 2023

The Ethics of Writing About Race as a White Woman

Rachel Jamison Webster on Oral Traditions, Racial Ancestries, and Confronting Shame

 
By Rachel Jamison Webster  March 21, 2023

Mona Simpson on the Role of Research in Novel Writing

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Commitment

 
By Jane Ciabattari  March 21, 2023

You Cannot Protect Your Children From Moana: How Not to Fight Fairy Tales

Julia Langbein Channeled Her Parental Anxiety into Better Girlhood Characters

 
By Julia Langbein  March 21, 2023

Elissa Sloan and Jennifer Banash on Celebrity, Myth, and Fiction

The Authors of Two New Books on Fame and Its Discontents Talk 21st-Century Culture

 
By Literary Hub  March 21, 2023

“Worthiness,” a Poem by Charif Shanahan

From the Collection Trace Evidence

 
By Charif Shanahan  March 21, 2023
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