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Can Writers Ever Remember How to Read For Fun?

Can Writers Ever Remember How to Read For Fun?

Amy Shearn on Accidentally Killing Her Book Group and Rediscovering the Joys of Getting Lost in a Story

By Amy Shearn | April 1, 2025

On the Challenge of Writing a Sequel to a Twenty-Year-Old Novel

On the Challenge of Writing a Sequel to a Twenty-Year-Old Novel

Lee Martin Needed a New Story to Explain the Ending of “The Bright Forever”

By Lee Martin | April 1, 2025

Art, Liberty, Diverse Voices: Six Poets on Why University Presses Are Critical for Poetry

Art, Liberty, Diverse Voices: Six Poets on Why University Presses Are Critical for Poetry

Featuring Ariana Benson, Peter Gizzi, Romeo Oriogun, V. Penelope Pelizzon, Greg Rappleye, and Jess Smith

By Literary Hub | March 31, 2025

Karen Russell on What the Magic Offers

Karen Russell on What the Magic Offers

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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Kate McKean on Your Feelings About Publishing

Kate McKean on Your Feelings About Publishing

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Dancing on the Page: Sulaiman Addonia on Writing in the Footsteps of Pina Bausch

Dancing on the Page: Sulaiman Addonia on Writing in the Footsteps of Pina Bausch

“I could sense the freedom, yet I didn’t dare to march towards it.”

By Sulaiman Addonia | March 28, 2025

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Two Ways To Tell the Same Truth: Navigating the Boundary Between Fact and Fiction

Two Ways To Tell the Same Truth: Navigating the Boundary Between Fact and Fiction

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The Power of Absence: How Loss Can Help Fuel a Creative Life

The Power of Absence: How Loss Can Help Fuel a Creative Life

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On Our Problematic Obsession with First-Love Stories

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Farid Matuk on Mirroring, Poetic Artifice, and Complicating Sensuality in Verse

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