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Lidia Yuknavitch on Finding the Words to Convey Unfathomable Loss
“I do what I do know how to do. I throw them into stories; I watch them move and I can walk again.”
By
Lidia Yuknavitch
| February 10, 2025
What If? Lidia Yuknavitch on Her Philosophy of Teaching
“What is a writer in these times? How do we share the space of writing and making art?”
By
Lidia Yuknavitch
| March 3, 2023
Lidia Yuknavitch Describes Her Four Perfect Writing Spaces
“It would not be an exaggeration to say I have spent my life swimming in the art of others.”
By
Lidia Yuknavitch
| June 28, 2022
I Was Already Leaving Florida When I Arrived
Lidia Yuknavitch on Abuse, Love, and How to Gut a Largemouth Bass
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Lidia Yuknavitch
| November 13, 2017
Lidia Yuknavitch: The Time I Snuck Into Ken Kesey's Fiction Class
On Fitting in with Misfits, from Ken Kesey to Melissa Febos
By
Lidia Yuknavitch
| October 17, 2017
Lidia Yuknavitch: I Will Always Inhabit the Water
On Living a Swimmer's Life
By
Lidia Yuknavitch
| April 12, 2017
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