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Mona Simpson on Reimagining Mental Health Hospitals in Her New Novel

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“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

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Abraham Verghese on Medicine’s Innate Connection to Storytelling

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Passing Through Porous Boundaries: Mai Nardone on Navigating Thai and American Culture

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Ann Lauterbach: On the Value of Effective Language After Trump’s Presidency

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Andrew Porter on the Strange Nature of Short Stories Mirroring Each Other

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No One’s Suffering is Banal: Cathleen Schine on the Intricacy of Writing Trauma

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“Gray Area is What Novels Can Do That Twitter Cannot.” Rebecca Makkai on Incorporating #MeToo in Her New Novel

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