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Failure, Patience, and Joy: Tania James on What It Means to Be a Writer

Failure, Patience, and Joy: Tania James on What It Means to Be a Writer

From James’s 2023 Speech at the One Story Debutante Ball

By Tania James | May 4, 2023

Alice Oseman on Asexuality, Authentic Storytelling and Book Banning

Alice Oseman on Asexuality, Authentic Storytelling and Book Banning

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 4, 2023

“Happy Accidents.” Shelley Noble on Stumbling Into a Story

“Happy Accidents.” Shelley Noble on Stumbling Into a Story

“Different than inspiration; quirky, shocking, sometimes clunky, they intercede rather than inspire.”

By Shelley Noble | May 4, 2023

Priscilla Gilman on Living the Charmed Life of a Critic’s Daughter

Priscilla Gilman on Living the Charmed Life of a Critic’s Daughter

In Conversation with Roxanne Coady on Just the Right Book

By Just the Right Book | May 4, 2023

Aaron Hamburger on Trying to Solve a Family Mystery Through Fiction

Aaron Hamburger on Trying to Solve a Family Mystery Through Fiction

“Writing my novel was a way to connect to this younger version of my grandmother.”

By Aaron Hamburger | May 4, 2023

On Shuttered Libraries, Censorship, the Threat of Book Bans

On Shuttered Libraries, Censorship, the Threat of Book Bans

Mark Dunn Mulls Considers What His 2001 Novel Ella Minnow Pea Can Teach Us About Today

By Mark Dunn | May 4, 2023

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On Kind of Telling the Truth: Why Hannah Pittard Switched to Memoir

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 4, 2023

This is how you publicize the reissue of a classic dystopian novel.

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Camille T. Dungy: Against the Isolated Nature Writer

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Not White But Not (Entirely) Black: On the Complex History of "Passing" in America

Herb Harris Explores How His Grandparents' Defied Racial Categorization

By Herb Harris | May 3, 2023

“Every Border is a Story.” On Dividing Lines Both Real and Imagined

“Every Border is a Story.” On Dividing Lines Both Real and Imagined

James Crawford Considers the Continuing Relevance of Literature’s Borders

By James Crawford | May 3, 2023

“It’s Not All Over...” On Persisting in Writing and in Life

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Mark Ernest Pothier in Conversation With His Younger Self

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Hannah Matthews is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Hannah Matthews is Reading Now and Next

Margaret Renkl, Ye Chun, Sabia C. Wade, and More.

By Diana Arterian | May 3, 2023

Angeline Boulley on the Need to Get Beyond Trauma in Native Literature

Angeline Boulley on the Need to Get Beyond Trauma in Native Literature

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What Lies Behind the Postcard: Jasmin Iolani Hakes on the New Meaning of Summer Reading

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“Novels have the ability to transport, but they can also deepen our understanding of a place in a way that is difficult to replicate.”

By Jasmin Iolani Hakes | May 3, 2023

Moïra Fowley Reads from Her New Story Collection <em>Eyes Guts Throat Bones</em>

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