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Reclaiming Pamela Moore from the Sisterhood of Sad Literary Girls

Reclaiming Pamela Moore from the Sisterhood of Sad Literary Girls

Emmeline Clein on the American Tradition of Fetishizing Women Writers, Then Forgetting Them

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Whatever Ideas About Writing You Have It’s Really Just Something You Do (Or Don’t)

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Was Shakespeare a Plagiarist?

Was Shakespeare a Plagiarist?

Michael Blanding in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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Robin Hemley on Kafka and Writerly Ambition

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

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On the Moment Darrel Alejandro Holnes Started to Identify as a Poet

On the Moment Darrel Alejandro Holnes Started to Identify as a Poet

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

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The Dust of Ancient Suns: Making Art and Meaning From the Depths of Deep Time

The Dust of Ancient Suns: Making Art and Meaning From the Depths of Deep Time

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How Did James Baldwin Become a 21st-Century Influencer?

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What It Means to Anthologize the Literature of Abortion

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In Memoriam: Sergio Chejfec

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