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If You Use AI in Your Writing YOU Are the Literary Asshole

If You Use AI in Your Writing YOU Are the Literary Asshole

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By Kristen Arnett | July 10, 2025

How Does a Critic Write a Novel About Critics?

How Does a Critic Write a Novel About Critics?

Charlotte Runcie on the Symbiotic Relationship Between Artists and Those Who Review Them

By Charlotte Runcie | July 10, 2025

The Church of the Screen: A Daughter’s Reflections on an Early Cinematic Education

The Church of the Screen: A Daughter’s Reflections on an Early Cinematic Education

Joanna Howard Explores the Impact of Her Mother’s Passion For Film on Her Own Storytelling

By Joanna Howard | July 10, 2025

Cushty, Prat, Cowson... and Other British Terms I Can No Longer Say in America

Cushty, Prat, Cowson... and Other British Terms I Can No Longer Say in America

Christopher J. Yates on Language Nostalgia

By Christopher J. Yates | July 9, 2025

Cruising the Holy Highway: Mary Jo Bang Journeys Through Dante’s “Paradiso”

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By Mary Jo Bang | July 9, 2025

Writing the Memoir My Father Never Could

Writing the Memoir My Father Never Could

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Clarence A. Haynes on Finding the Soundscape of Your Novel

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“I needed sounds that were lush, that could carry these characters’ emotional weight.”

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Danielle Dutton In Conversation With the Author of “Audition”

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