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How Translation Brought Me Home to Tunisia

How Translation Brought Me Home to Tunisia

Lara Vergnaud Navigates Yamen Manai's The Ardent Swarm

By Lara Vergnaud | February 8, 2021

On the Complexity of Using the Mango as a Symbol in Diasporic Literature

On the Complexity of Using the Mango as a Symbol in Diasporic Literature

Urvi Kumbhat Maps a Personal Genealogy of the Fruit

By Urvi Kumbhat | February 8, 2021

Ben Okri on the Strange Magic of Our Preoccupations

Ben Okri on the Strange Magic of Our Preoccupations

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 8, 2021

On the Unconventional 19th-Century Women Who Ventured to Write Novels

On the Unconventional 19th-Century Women Who Ventured to Write Novels

Rosalind Miles Considers Progress, Change, and "Lady Novelists"

By Rosalind Miles | February 5, 2021

Of Mobs and Namesakes: Writing the Story of My Infamous Grandfather

Of Mobs and Namesakes: Writing the Story of My Infamous Grandfather

Russell Shorto on the Path To His Latest Book

By Russell Shorto | February 5, 2021

The Work of Home: Cleaning, Writing, and Communing with Ghosts

The Work of Home: Cleaning, Writing, and Communing with Ghosts

Laura Cronk Explores How the Pandemic Has Shaped the Meaning of Domesticity

By Laura Cronk | February 5, 2021

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What Does It Mean to Write a Political Novel?

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Lauren Marino on the Spaces of Virginia Woolf, Toni Morrison, and Others

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How Writing a Book Within a Book Saved My Novel

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K Chess on the Importance Nested Narratives

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Matthew Salesses on the Two Things a Workshop Can Do Best (and Often Fails Doing at All)

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In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

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The Wall of Silence: On Trying to Talk About Palestine, Israel, and the USA

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Philip Metres Seeks Unoccupied Spaces for Conversation

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Lauren Oyler: Twitter has gotten so crazy... What if my book isn’t crazy enough?

Lauren Oyler: Twitter has gotten so crazy... What if my book isn’t crazy enough?

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How a Poetry Collection Masquerading as Buddhist Scripture Nearly Duped the Literary World

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”The lioness’s roars of the ancient nuns have been muffled into sweet new-agey purring.”

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Against the All-Consuming Archetype of ‘Mom’

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