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It’s Okay to Have a Love/Hate Relationship With Your Writing

It’s Okay to Have a Love/Hate Relationship With Your Writing

Katie Williams Remembers Reading Anne Lamott’s “Shitty First Drafts” and the Slog of Learning to Be a Writer

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The Master, Margarita, and I: Paul Goldberg on the Third Rail of the Russian Classic

“Our relationship has required much maintenance and has not been harmonious.”

By Paul Goldberg | June 6, 2023

An Introduction to <em>Journey to the West</em>, the 16th-Century Chinese Novel of Comic Mischief and Spirituality

An Introduction to Journey to the West, the 16th-Century Chinese Novel of Comic Mischief and Spirituality

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“That queasy opacity is at the heart of the novella’s power... The reader is never sure what, exactly, is happening.”

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Alexander Chee Recommends Natalia Ginzburg’s Novella <em>Valentino</em>

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