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Alternate Histories and Silenced Women: Sue Monk Kidd on Her New Novel <em>The Book of Longings</em>

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In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell on Fiction/Non/Fiction

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The West in Pieces: On the Reimagined Grammar(s) of C. Pam Zhang

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Christian Kiefer on a Debut Novel That Rewrites the Hills of California

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Emily Gould on How (and Why) to Keep Writing When Writing Feels Pointless

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