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Infiltrating Literature's Secret Societies

Infiltrating Literature's Secret Societies

Tobias Carroll on Our Fascination with All-Powerful, Unseen Institutions

By Tobias Carroll | April 29, 2016

How Mapping Alice Munro's Stories Helped Me As a Writer

How Mapping Alice Munro's Stories Helped Me As a Writer

Elizabeth Poliner On the Shapes That Fiction Can Take

By Elizabeth Poliner | April 27, 2016

On the Heartbreaking Difficulty of Getting Rid of Books

On the Heartbreaking Difficulty of Getting Rid of Books

Summer Brennan Attempts Marie Kondo's Approach to Tidying Up Her Library

By Summer Brennan | April 26, 2016

How to Write Teen Girl Characters

How to Write Teen Girl Characters

Nora Zelevansky Interviews Teens, Learns Some New Hip Tricks

By Nora Zelevansky | April 20, 2016

Discovering What AWP is Truly About

Discovering What AWP is Truly About

Beyond the Panels, the Parties, and the Photos

By Marie Myung-Ok Lee | April 20, 2016

Why Where We Write Matters

Why Where We Write Matters

Tanaz Bhathena on Her Understanding of Home,
from Bombay to Bilimora

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Why My Novel Uses Untranslated Chinese

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By Literary Hub | April 11, 2016

The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: And the Winner Is...

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The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: Final Four!

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The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: Jeanette Winterson vs. Philip Roth

The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: Jeanette Winterson vs. Philip Roth

Judge Walter Mosley Picks Finalist Number One

By Literary Hub | April 6, 2016

The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: D.H. Lawrence vs. James Baldwin

The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: D.H. Lawrence vs. James Baldwin

Judge John Ashbery Picks Finalist Number Two

By Literary Hub | April 6, 2016

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