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Madelaine Lucas
Madelaine Lucas on How to Write a Love Story
“The middle of the story—like the middle of love—is where complexity and intimacy dwell.”
By
Madelaine Lucas
| March 24, 2023
An Ode to the Milk Bar of My Childhood
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| March 24, 2022
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| April 21, 2021
Rituals of Housekeeping, Memories of Home: On Marilynne Robinson's
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Madelaine Lucas
| October 29, 2020
Her Private Space: On Brigid Hughes, Editor
“The writers working away from the mainstream are often the most exciting ones.”
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Madelaine Lucas
| November 28, 2018
We’ll Always Have Paris: My Time in Texas with Sam Shepard's Notebooks
On a Big Sky Road Trip Into the Heart of America
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