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Hidden Stories and Historical Half-truths: Lies Your Ancestors Told You

Hidden Stories and Historical Half-truths: Lies Your Ancestors Told You

On history, heritage, and whitewashing

By Anita Huslin | March 7, 2016

The Diminishing Returns of Freelance Magazine Writing

The Diminishing Returns of Freelance Magazine Writing

Kent Russell on "Beautifying Your Own Corpse"

By Kent Russell | March 3, 2016

Dear Rick Moody: Should I Tell Them I Love Them?

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Rick Moody, Life Coach, on the Deep Bone Sadness of Unrequited Love

By Rick Moody | February 26, 2016

Secrets of the Book Designer: Falling in Love With a Book, Taking a Risk

Secrets of the Book Designer: Falling in Love With a Book, Taking a Risk

Designing the cover for Steven Millhauser's Voices in the Night

By Janet Hansen | February 25, 2016

Walt Whitman is Dead, I'm Divorced, and the Universe Goes On

Walt Whitman is Dead, I'm Divorced, and the Universe Goes On

On Life and Death as a Grand Series of Comings and Goings

By J. Aaron Sanders | February 25, 2016

Why I Became a Travel Writer

Why I Became a Travel Writer

John Gimlette on Doing the Not Very Sensible Thing

By John Gimlette | February 24, 2016

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How to Write What You <em>Don't</em> Know

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When a Self-Declared Genius Asks You to Read His Masterpiece

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The Rise of the Literary Binge-Read

The Rise of the Literary Binge-Read

How 21st-Century Culture and Technology Changed Highbrow Fiction

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How I Accidentally Wrote a Civil War Novel

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New Stories Born from the Oldest Ballads

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Our Fairy Tales Ourselves: Storytelling  From East to West

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