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

Was Bridget Jones's Diary 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

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Human Zoo

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Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

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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

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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

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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The Painful Cost of the Writing Life

The Painful Cost of the Writing Life

James Tate Hill on the Hard Realities of Balancing the Personal and the Creative

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