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So You Want to Write a Novel About a Legendary Corn Geneticist...

So You Want to Write a Novel About a Legendary Corn Geneticist...

Rachel Pastan on What It Takes to Fictionalize a Life

By Rachel Pastan | August 12, 2021

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Jo Ann Beard on the "Rigorous Refusal" to Waste a Reader's Time

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By Book Dreams | August 12, 2021

WATCH: Nana Nkweti in Conversation with Novuyo Rosa Tshuma

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Hateful Fictions: Siri Hustvedt on the Weaponization of Free Speech

Hateful Fictions: Siri Hustvedt on the Weaponization of Free Speech

“Hate speech renders dialogue impossible.”

By Siri Hustvedt | August 11, 2021

In Praise of the Info Dump: A Literary Case for Hard Science Fiction

In Praise of the Info Dump: A Literary Case for Hard Science Fiction

Daniel LoPilato on Greg Egan’s Diaspora and the Limits of Literary Realism

By Daniel LoPilato | August 11, 2021

On Bafflement: Reflections on Marilynne Robinson and the Theology of Skateboarding

On Bafflement: Reflections on Marilynne Robinson and the Theology of Skateboarding

Kyle Beachy Digs Into the Mysteries of Existence

By Kyle Beachy | August 11, 2021

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Women’s Memoirs at the Intersection of Chronic Illness, Mental Illness, Addiction, and Trauma

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Thereness on the Outer Banks: On Landscape in Literature

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On the 1983 Newbery Book That Should Be Left by the Wayside

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Zakiya Dalila Harris on the Commodification of Blackness, in Publishing and Beyond

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Was <em>Bridget Jones's Diary</em> the First Internet Novel?

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Sabina Murray on the Limits of Journalism and the Wondrous Possibilities of Fiction

Sabina Murray on the Limits of Journalism and the Wondrous Possibilities of Fiction

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Finding Horror (and Art) in the Gray Areas of Identity

Finding Horror (and Art) in the Gray Areas of Identity

Virginia Feito on the Terrifying Power of Identity Crises in Fiction, from Shirley Jackson to Alfred Hitchcock

By Virginia Feito | August 10, 2021

Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi on Articulating Grief to Find the Way Back to Reality

Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi on Articulating Grief to Find the Way Back to Reality

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