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On <em>My Dark Vanessa</em> and the Way Stories of Trauma Get Told

On My Dark Vanessa and the Way Stories of Trauma Get Told

Red Newsom Considers the Line Between Experience and Fiction

By Red Newsom | February 3, 2020

Ten MFA Archetypes To Avoid (Becoming)

Ten MFA Archetypes To Avoid (Becoming)

Caroline Zancan Recommends You Not Be These People

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What the Great Russian Writers Didn't Get About the Criminal Mind

What the Great Russian Writers Didn't Get About the Criminal Mind

Varlam Shamalov Served 15 Years in a Soviet Labor Camp

By Varlam Shalamov | February 3, 2020

Scarlett Thomas on the Tricky Work of Writing the Unsayable

Scarlett Thomas on the Tricky Work of Writing the Unsayable

The Author of Oligarchy in Conversation with Lori Feathers

By Lori Feathers | February 3, 2020

Mourning Jade Sharma, Her Irreverence, Her Audacity

Mourning Jade Sharma, Her Irreverence, Her Audacity

Melissa Mesku Remembers the Author of Problems

By Melissa Mesku | February 3, 2020

How to Write Autofiction About Your Family Without Losing Your Mind

How to Write Autofiction About Your Family Without Losing Your Mind

"It wasn’t my job to save anyone."

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How Robert Bly Helped Create a Thriving Ecosystem of Minnesota Writers

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The Chaotic Side of Learning: Keeping High School Seniors From Falling Asleep

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Dear Oprah Winfrey: 142 Writers Ask You to Reconsider <em>American Dirt</em>

Dear Oprah Winfrey: 142 Writers Ask You to Reconsider American Dirt

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When Did Self-Help Books Become Literary?

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A Reading Series for People to Share Their Grief

A Reading Series for People to Share Their Grief

Since U Been Gone Aims at Catharsis for Those Experiencing Loss

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It is 1979 and Ludvík Vaculík Has a Terrible Case of Writer's Block

It is 1979 and Ludvík Vaculík Has a Terrible Case of Writer's Block

Diary Entries from Communist Czechoslovakia

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