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Angela Flournoy on Writing a Polyphonic Novel of Black Female Friendship

Joan Silber on the Process of Discovery, Fiction About Friendship, and the Meaning of Mercy

Elaine Hsieh Chou on Literary Community, Identity, and Playing With Form

River Selby on Wildland Firefighting, Processing Trauma, and Writing For Your Younger Self

Jessica Francis Kane on Fictionalizing Penelope Fitzgerald’s Mexican Sojurn

Ivonne Lamazares on Crafting a Story of Family, Identity and Belonging in Cuba

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