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A Brief (But Not Too) History of <br>Literary Constipation

A Brief (But Not Too) History of
Literary Constipation

Jessica Gross Does Some Pandemic-Appropriate Reading

By Jessica Gross | September 24, 2020

Dynastic Privilege, A Terrible Novel, and the Race for a Crucial Senate Seat

Dynastic Privilege, A Terrible Novel, and the Race for a Crucial Senate Seat

Anjali Enjeti on What Georgia Democrats Can Learn From #OwnVoices

By Anjali Enjeti | September 24, 2020

Embracing the Wildness of Diaspora: A Conversation with K-Ming Chang

Embracing the Wildness of Diaspora: A Conversation with K-Ming Chang

Ysabelle Cheung Talks to the Author of Bestiary

By Ysabelle Cheung | September 24, 2020

Erin Entrada Kelly on Writing the Kind of Heroine Who <em>Doesn't</em> Go Charging into the Forest

Erin Entrada Kelly on Writing the Kind of Heroine Who Doesn't Go Charging into the Forest

From the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | September 24, 2020

On Planting Seeds, Excavating Language, and the Politics<br> of Place

On Planting Seeds, Excavating Language, and the Politics
of Place

Kerri ní Dochartaigh and Katie Holten in Conversation

By Literary Hub | September 23, 2020

WATCH: Matt Quinn of Mt. Joy on Musical Storytelling and Early Influences

WATCH: Matt Quinn of Mt. Joy on Musical Storytelling and Early Influences

Episode Nine of the Mighty SONG Writers Video Series

By Literary Hub | September 23, 2020

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What Is So Special About Balzac's Thousands of Characters?

By Peter Brooks | September 23, 2020

How I Found Small Joys in My Life as a Poem Elf

By Maggie Lane | September 23, 2020

Linda Kay Klein on Being a Steward of Others' Stories

By WMFA | September 23, 2020

Lena Herzog on Reading Montaigne Through the Pandemic

Lena Herzog on Reading Montaigne Through the Pandemic

From The Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengräber

By The Quarantine Tapes | September 23, 2020

Amy Shearn on the Narrative Usefulness of Ghosts

Amy Shearn on the Narrative Usefulness of Ghosts

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | September 23, 2020

Vicki Laveau-Harvie on Writing Family Tragicomedy... Longhand

Vicki Laveau-Harvie on Writing Family Tragicomedy... Longhand

In Conversation with Kendra Winchester on
the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | September 23, 2020

On the Challenges of Writing About Death

On the Challenges of Writing About Death

Annie Lyons: "I wanted to give a voice to the discussions I wish I’d had with my own mum."

By Annie Lyons | September 22, 2020

Capitalism is Killing Us (But It<br> Doesn't Have To)

Capitalism is Killing Us (But It
Doesn't Have To)

A Conversation Between C.J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky, and Robert Pollin

By C.J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky, and Robert Pollin | September 22, 2020

Lucille Clifton Didn't Just Write Poems. She Inhabited Them.

Lucille Clifton Didn't Just Write Poems. She Inhabited Them.

Tracie Morris Remembers a Reading at Cave Canem

By Tracie Morris | September 21, 2020

The Poet Who Had No Time<br> for Tragedy

The Poet Who Had No Time
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Dan Beachy-Quick on Anacreon the Greek's Lyrics of Drunken Love

By Dan Beachy-Quick | September 21, 2020

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