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Why <em>The Odyssey</em> is the Perfect Book for High School English

Why The Odyssey is the Perfect Book for High School English

On the Surprising Relevance of the World's First Novel

By A.G. Lombardo | March 30, 2018

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After 20 Years of Rambling I Broke Down and Wrote a Novel

Poe Ballantine on the Many Roads Traveled to Publication

By Poe Ballantine | March 29, 2018

Essential Writing Advice from Virginia Woolf

Essential Writing Advice from Virginia Woolf

"For heaven’s sake, publish nothing before you are thirty."

By Emily Temple | March 28, 2018

How to Make Bookstore Appearances Ten Times More Interesting

How to Make Bookstore Appearances Ten Times More Interesting

Writer Craig Terlson Wants to Hear All Your Crazy Stories

By Craig Terlson | March 28, 2018

Rediscovering a France I Thought I'd Lost

Rediscovering a France I Thought I'd Lost

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Wendy Xu on the Impossible Complexity of Immigrant Love

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Am I Chinese Enough to Tell This Story?

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How Louisa May Alcott's Mother Encouraged Her Early Writing

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In Which Tennessee Williams and James Laughlin Discuss Carson McCullers (and More)

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Dear Book Therapist: A New Advice Column from Rosalie Knecht

Dear Book Therapist: A New Advice Column from Rosalie Knecht

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