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Maggie Shipstead: In Praise of Books That Aren’t Totally Satisfying

Maggie Shipstead: In Praise of Books That Aren’t Totally Satisfying

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | May 6, 2021

Gina Nutt on the Creative Usefulness of Feeling Stuck

Gina Nutt on the Creative Usefulness of Feeling Stuck

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 6, 2021

Hanif Abdurraqib on Decentering Pain in the Stories of Black Lives

Hanif Abdurraqib on Decentering Pain in the Stories of Black Lives

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast with Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | May 5, 2021

Personal Space: Julie Metz on Memoir as the Key to Locked Family Stories

Personal Space: Julie Metz on Memoir as the Key to Locked Family Stories

The Author of Eva and Eve Talks to Sari Botton

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How Doctors Tell Stories: Writing Through the Practice of Medicine

How Doctors Tell Stories: Writing Through the Practice of Medicine

Leslie Jamison and Suzanne Koven in Conversation

By Leslie Jamison | May 4, 2021

Elizabeth Ellen on Small Presses, Autofiction, and Reading the Uncomfortable

Elizabeth Ellen on Small Presses, Autofiction, and Reading the Uncomfortable

“I look for a gut punch. I look for unexpectedness.”

By Walker Caplan | May 3, 2021

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A Poetics of the Press: An Interview with Ugly Duckling Presse

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Adam Mansbach on the Difficulty of Writing an Honest Elegy About His Brother

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By The Literary Life | April 30, 2021

What Creative Satisfaction Looks Like to Elissa Washuta

What Creative Satisfaction Looks Like to Elissa Washuta

In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

By WMFA | April 29, 2021

The Long Road to Publication: An Interview with Anjali Enjeti

The Long Road to Publication: An Interview with Anjali Enjeti

Devi Laskar in Conversation with the Author of The Parted Earth

By Devi S. Laskar | April 29, 2021

Gabriela Garcia on Historical Forces That Shape Individual Lives

Gabriela Garcia on Historical Forces That Shape Individual Lives

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | April 29, 2021

The Poetics of the Body: An Interview With CM Burroughs

The Poetics of the Body: An Interview With CM Burroughs

Peter Mishler in Conversation With the Author of Master Suffering

By Peter Mishler | April 28, 2021

Ahmed Naji on the Contemporary Reality of the Exiled Writer

Ahmed Naji on the Contemporary Reality of the Exiled Writer

This Week from the Thresholds Podcast with Jordan Kisner

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On Girlhood and the Most Epic Haircut of All Time, in <em>The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle</em>

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This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

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Elissa Washuta on the Desire to Write a “Big Book”

Elissa Washuta on the Desire to Write a “Big Book”

The Author of the Essay Collection White Magic Talks to Eliza Smith

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