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Elizabeth McCracken
Elizabeth McCracken Traces the Life of a First Edition... Her Own
On the Books We Can Part With, and Those We Can’t
By
Elizabeth McCracken
| October 4, 2022
Elizabeth McCracken on Savoring the Mystery of Writing
“Some mysteries must be left alone.”
By
Elizabeth McCracken
| April 30, 2021
Elizabeth McCracken: Remembering Susan Kamil, Friend and Editor
of those she loved."">"Susan was always looking out for the safety and happiness
of those she loved."
By
Elizabeth McCracken
| September 16, 2019
Talking Shop With Elizabeth McCracken
"I use the Selectric to write sentences, never paragraphs."
By
Elizabeth McCracken
| February 6, 2019
Elizabeth McCracken: Toward a Unified Theory of the Doughnut
In Which the Author of
Bowlaway
Wonders if One Can Eat a Hole
By
Elizabeth McCracken
| February 5, 2019
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