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On Being a Young Reader Attracted to the Darkest<br> Possible Stories

On Being a Young Reader Attracted to the Darkest
Possible Stories

Estelle Laure's Search For Challenges to Her Comfort

By Estelle Laure | July 13, 2020

Veronica Esposito on the Book That Changed Her Life

Veronica Esposito on the Book That Changed Her Life

On Trauma and Recovery, Therapy, and Writing as a Tool for Healing

By Veronica Esposito | July 9, 2020

'Have You Considered Socialism?' Or, The Politics of Fictional Characters

'Have You Considered Socialism?' Or, The Politics of Fictional Characters

Andrew Martin on Short Stories in the Age of Shorter News Cycles

By Andrew Martin | July 8, 2020

I Wrote My Memoir for the Same Reasons I Went to the Shooting Range

I Wrote My Memoir for the Same Reasons I Went to the Shooting Range

Lacy Crawford on How People Can Let Themselves Be Silenced

By Lacy Crawford | July 8, 2020

On Saul Bellow's Celebration of the Messy and Manic

On Saul Bellow's Celebration of the Messy and Manic

Brian Castleberry Rereads the Man Who Taught Him to Write

By Brian Castleberry | July 7, 2020

Writing My Own

Writing My Own "Indian-American Novel" Meant Looking to California

Sameer Pandya on the Virtues of a Late Start

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Lynn Steger Strong Wants You to Look Harder

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Even Seamus Heaney
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To Poets of Color Whose Work Has Been Called 'Healing'

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Shayla Lawson: It Is Not Your Job to Fix White People

By Shayla Lawson | July 1, 2020

Why Do Some Mathematicians Think They’re Poets?

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In Praise of the Dream-Logic of Speculative Fiction

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How Photographing a Dumb Paper Bag Led to Writing <br>a Novel

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How Flight Embodies Our Deepest Yearning

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Wandering Through Literary Lisbon in Search of Pessoa's Disquiet

Wandering Through Literary Lisbon in Search of Pessoa's Disquiet

Thomas Swick on the Unlikely Success of a Summer Writing Program

By Thomas Swick | June 24, 2020

I Can't Believe Readers Are Still Getting Upset Over F*cking Swearing

I Can't Believe Readers Are Still Getting Upset Over F*cking Swearing

In Which Amy Poeppel Uses Some Very Bad Words

By Amy Poeppel | June 22, 2020

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