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Beyond the Anthropocentric: When Plants Become Literary Characters

Beyond the Anthropocentric: When Plants Become Literary Characters

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Why Her Intensely Complicated and Complex Life Made Colette a Great Writer

Why Her Intensely Complicated and Complex Life Made Colette a Great Writer

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On Writing About Childhood, That Most Precious, Precarious Time

On Writing About Childhood, That Most Precious, Precarious Time

Sadie Jones Follows the Lead of Her Young Protagonists

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The Life and Stories of Diane Oliver

The Life and Stories of Diane Oliver

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By Ursa | August 17, 2022

The Joys of Influence: In Praise of Intertextuality

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Dur e Aziz Amna on the Work That Laid the Foundation for Her Debut Novel

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“Untouchable, Disappointing, Infinitely Mutable.” A Reading List of Not-So Main Characters

“Untouchable, Disappointing, Infinitely Mutable.” A Reading List of Not-So Main Characters

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By Daisy Lafarge | August 16, 2022

A Poetics of Failure: On the Truths That Lie Between Words

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Megan Giddings on Delving into a Magical World in Order to Explore Censorship

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Elaine Castillo on Why Everything is Political

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Remembering Afghanistan’s Wars: Jamil Jan Kochai on Shifting Storytellers and Forms

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