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Why We Need More Writers Practicing Medicine (and Vice Versa)

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Every Coming-of-Age Story is an Apocalypse Story

Every Coming-of-Age Story is an Apocalypse Story

Andrew DeYoung on Despair and Hope in the Edgelands of Adulthood

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On the Fever Dream Brilliance of Harry Crews

On the Fever Dream Brilliance of Harry Crews

Kevin Wilson Considers What It Means to Be a Southern Writer

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The Mermaid, C'est Moi: Rewriting the Story of a Universal Myth

The Mermaid, C'est Moi: Rewriting the Story of a Universal Myth

Monique Roffey on Creating a Feminist Version of a Male Fantasy

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The Revelation of Reading Toni Morrison in Moscow

The Revelation of Reading Toni Morrison in Moscow

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