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Sara Martin
On Lying About Reading, or: How I Learned That Stieg Larsson Is Good, Actually
Sara Martin Considers the Motivations Behind Our Literary Untruths
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Sara Martin
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Seeking a New Story: On Sobriety and the Stories We Tell About Ourselves
Sara Martin Considers the Sobriety Narrative and the Pitfalls of Fixed Identities
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Sara Martin
| October 25, 2022
Is There a More Interesting Way to Talk About the Blurry Line Between a Writer’s Life and Their Fiction?
Sara Martin on Legitimizing Our Lives Through the Experiences of Literary Heroes and Heroines
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Sara Martin
| July 20, 2021
Falling in Love With (and In) the Library
Sara Martin on Discovering the Philadelphia Free Library's Digital Resources... From the Inside
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Sara Martin
| April 7, 2020
Why Do I Recite the Same Paul Celan Poem to All My Dates?
Or: Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game
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Sara Martin
| August 22, 2019
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