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Gina Frangello: The Case Against Self-Flagellation in Memoir

Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney on First Drafts and Battling Writer’s Block

K.M. Szpara on Borrowing from Nietzsche to Title His
New Novel

Carol Edgarian: We Write from Our Own Urgency, Our Own Questions

The Unique Pleasures of Letter-Writing in a Era of Impulsive Interaction

Melissa Febos on How Patriarchy and Capitalism Conspire Against Women

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Hala Alyan: Which Comes First—the Characters or the Politics?

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