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38 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

38 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

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Joy Harjo on Words as Maps, and a Poem by Craig Santos Perez

Joy Harjo on Words as Maps, and a Poem by Craig Santos Perez

From the Upcoming Anthology, Living Nations, Living Words

By Joy Harjo and Craig Santos Perez | May 25, 2021

How Robert Aickman’s Stories Illuminate the Difference Between Horror and Terror

How Robert Aickman’s Stories Illuminate the Difference Between Horror and Terror

Kathleen Rooney Guests on the Lit Century Podcast with Catherine Nichols and Elisa Gabbert

By Lit Century | May 25, 2021

Marisa Silver Revisits the Golden Dawn of Girlhood

Marisa Silver Revisits the Golden Dawn of Girlhood

The Author of The Mysteries in Conversation with Jane Ciabattari

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To Be a Person: Barrett Swanson and Jordan Kisner in Conversation

To Be a Person: Barrett Swanson and Jordan Kisner in Conversation

The Lost in Summerland Author and Thin Places Author Consider the Myriad Methods of Narrative Structure

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When a Year in the Life of Your Last-Chance Debut Novel Coincides with a Global Pandemic

When a Year in the Life of Your Last-Chance Debut Novel Coincides with a Global Pandemic

Claire Cox Remembers How the Life Before Became Life As It Is Now

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