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    Brandon Taylor: Writer’s Block Is Not Tragic (It’s a Part of Life)

    By Literary Hub  June 22, 2021
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    How Language Limits Our Ability to Describe Smells

    By Lit Century   June 22, 2021
    Writers on Writers

    Yan Lianke on Intoxicated Revolutionaries and the Importance of
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    By Literary Hub  June 21, 2021
    The History of Literature

    The Top 10 Things to Love About Hamlet

    By History of Literature  June 21, 2021
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    By Megan Mayhew Bergman  June 21, 2021
    Big Table

    Unpacking the Enigma of George Orwell

    By Big Table  June 21, 2021
    Racism

    On Juneteenth and the Struggle to Commemorate and Make Sense of Protest and Rebellion

    By Jelani Cobb  June 18, 2021
    The Common

    Silvia Spring on Living Abroad and Writing in Community

    By The Common  June 18, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Ashley C. Ford on Keeping in Touch with Her Child Self

    By The Maris Review  June 17, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Kaitlyn Greenidge, Brandon Hobson, Elissa Washuta, and Dani Putney at the Franklin Park Reading Series

    By The Virtual Book Channel  June 17, 2021
    Book Dreams

    Your Memoir Will Tick Someone Off, But Not for the Reasons You Think

    By Book Dreams  June 17, 2021
    The Quarantine Tapes

    White Fungus Editor Ron Hanson on Trusting the Reader

    By The Quarantine Tapes  June 17, 2021
    Just the Right Book

    “19-Year-Old Me Could Not Have Written This Book.” Sherry Turkle on Why Some Stories Take Time

    By Just the Right Book   June 17, 2021
    Otherppl

    “It’s Not Something I Would Recommend.” Lana Bastašić on Translating Her Own Book

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  June 16, 2021
    Reading Women

    In Praise of Aging Protagonists in Literature

    By Reading Women  June 16, 2021
    Interview

    Joshua Henkin on Eschewing Big Reveals and Knowing Your Characters’ Birthdays

    By Ellen Adams  June 16, 2021
    Historical Fiction

    Jonathan Lee on the Man Who Built New York City… Only to Disappear Into It

    By Dwyer Murphy  June 15, 2021
    Writers on Writers

    Nana Nkweti on the Impact of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the Complexities of Multicultural Identity

    By Jane Ciabattari  June 15, 2021
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Rivka Galchen Talks Writer’s Block and Her Pandemic Cat

    By Literary Hub  June 14, 2021
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    How—and Why—Americans Become Susceptible to the Toxic Allure of Cults

    By Dr. Kate Gale  June 14, 2021
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Wave Books

    By Corinne Segal  June 11, 2021
    Behind the Mic

    Golden Voice Narrator Michael Crouch on the Task of Capturing a Character’s Voice

    By Behind the Mic   June 11, 2021
    Personal Space

    Personal Space: Anjali Enjeti on Reckoning with Complicity, Shame, and Power Dynamics in Memoir

    By The Virtual Book Channel  June 10, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Katherine Heiny on Letting the Character Get What She Wants… in a Roundabout Way

    By The Maris Review  June 10, 2021
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