Lauren Groff has won the 2022 Joyce Carol Oates Prize.

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Alan Lee on Illustrating J.R.R. Tolkien’s <em>The Lord of the Rings</em>

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On Creating the Feeling of a Gateway into Another World

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How the Book Industry Turns Its Own Racism into a Marketable Product

How the Book Industry Turns Its Own Racism into a Marketable Product

Tajja Isen on Lip Service in Publishing

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N. Scott Momaday on Landscape, Emily Dickinson, and the Fellowship That Changed His Life

N. Scott Momaday on Landscape, Emily Dickinson, and the Fellowship That Changed His Life

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Talking to Myself: How Dictation Software Helped Me Navigate Pandemic Pain

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