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Maggie Haberman, Eve Babitz, Daniel Kraus, and more: 21 new books out today!

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Feeling Creatively Stuck? Try Following the Routines of Other Types of Artists

Feeling Creatively Stuck? Try Following the Routines of Other Types of Artists

Aigner Loren Wilson on Finding Unexpected Ways Out of Your Ruts

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Sorry, Chicago Manual of Style: I’m Not Going to Stop Capitalizing the Word “Earth”

Sorry, Chicago Manual of Style: I’m Not Going to Stop Capitalizing the Word “Earth”

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When George Sand Hit the Town in Men’s Clothes

When George Sand Hit the Town in Men’s Clothes

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This Week in Literary History: Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” is Published

This Week in Literary History: Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” is Published

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“Whether looming in dark gothic tales or permeating what might seem a sunny suburban world, dread stalks the fiction of Joyce Carol Oates.”

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The Losses that Carry Us: A Tribute to Marjane Satrapi

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Follow Awe: Deb Olin Unferth on Writing Speculative Fiction

Follow Awe: Deb Olin Unferth on Writing Speculative Fiction

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How to Write a Novel in 33 Days

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Namwali Serpell and Angela Flournoy on Toni Morrison’s <em>Tar Baby</em>

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