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Did Camp Change Me? It Made Me a Liar, Which Is to Say a Novelist

Did Camp Change Me? It Made Me a Liar, Which Is to Say a Novelist

On the Myth-Making Lessons of Summer Camp

By Heather Abel | May 21, 2018

Dear Rick Moody: How Do I Accept My Illness and My Inability to Write?

Dear Rick Moody: How Do I Accept My Illness and My Inability to Write?

On Writing as a Field of Communications and Expressions of Self

By Rick Moody | May 21, 2018

A Close Reading of <em>True Grit</em>'s Perfect First Paragraph

A Close Reading of True Grit's Perfect First Paragraph

Charles Portis’s Classic as an Object Lesson in Creating Character

By Emily Temple | May 18, 2018

Be a Better Reader: Get Outside Your Genre Comfort Zone

Be a Better Reader: Get Outside Your Genre Comfort Zone

On the Dangers of Narrowly Marketed Book Categories

By Randall Klein | May 18, 2018

William Trevor in America

William Trevor in America

Patrick Cox on his father's travels across the USA

By Patrick Cox | May 15, 2018

On the Strange, Artistic World of Marfa, Texas

On the Strange, Artistic World of Marfa, Texas

Twilight Zone Episode"">"Whenever I’m in Marfa I Feel like I’m in a Twilight Zone Episode"

By Lawrence Wright | May 14, 2018

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How I Learned to Claim Space as a Multilingual Author

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The Unexpected Poetry of Sleeping Outside

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Transcendent Compositions: On Making Perfume and Writing Fiction

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Dear Book Therapist: What Do I Read When the Worst Has Happened?

Dear Book Therapist: What Do I Read When the Worst Has Happened?

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By Rosalie Knecht | May 9, 2018

On Choosing a New York I Didn't Think I Wanted

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If This is the Center of the World, Why Does Real Life Feel Elsewhere?

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Watch a Video Narrated by the Author of The Kite Runner

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Against Clarity (or In Praise of Youthful Wisdom)

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Steven Church: You Don't Have to Be Old to Write a Memoir

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The Night I Slept in James Thurber's Bed

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A Haunted House and Dog Lover's Paradise

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