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Helen Phillips is Scared of Her New Novel

Helen Phillips is Scared of Her New Novel

The author of The Need on Grief, Anxiety, and Crafting a Terrifying Literary Thriller

By Brian Gresko | July 22, 2019

A Poet and a Novelist Discuss the Literary Allure of Outer Space

A Poet and a Novelist Discuss the Literary Allure of Outer Space

Gale Marie Thompson and Zach Powers Get Spacey

By Zach Powers and Gale Marie Thompson | July 19, 2019

Writing Through Extreme Grief Helped Me Become Myself Again

Writing Through Extreme Grief Helped Me Become Myself Again

Margaret Renkl on the Unexpected Catalyst for Writing Her First Book

By Margaret Renkl | July 19, 2019

My Niece Is Probably the Reincarnation of Shirley Jackson

My Niece Is Probably the Reincarnation of Shirley Jackson

CJ Hauser on Motherhood and The Haunting of Hill House

By CJ Hauser | July 18, 2019

The Fictional Singer-Songwriter Who Got Her Own Real Album

The Fictional Singer-Songwriter Who Got Her Own Real Album

Laura Barnett on Creating the Musician She'd Always Dreamed About

By Laura Barnett | July 18, 2019

On the Fine (and Difficult) Art of Science Writing

On the Fine (and Difficult) Art of Science Writing

Randi Hutter Epstein: When Even Science Isn't An Exact Science

By Randi Hutter Epstein | July 17, 2019

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How Contemporary Poetry Treats the Old Myths of the American Railroad

By Thomas Dai | July 17, 2019

Mukoma Wa Ngugi: On the Poem That Made Me Fall in Love with Words

By Mukoma Wa Ngugi | July 17, 2019

In Which Colson Whitehead is Highly Concerned with the Exploration of Inner Space

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What Hemingway Cut From <em>For Whom the Bell Tolls</em>

What Hemingway Cut From For Whom the Bell Tolls

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By Seán Hemingway | July 16, 2019

Brazil's History Is Ahead of It, Not Behind

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Geovani Martins on Finding Joy in a Beautiful, Struggling Nation

By Geovani Martins | July 16, 2019

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John Waters on Taking LSD at 70, Clarence Thomas, and Reading Bad Reviews

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Maris Kreizman Talks to an American Icon

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The Novel So Nice They Named It Twice

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How Extreme Anti-Muslim Rhetoric Entered American Life

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Zahra Noorbakhsh and Asma Uddin: What "Religious Freedom" Means for U.S. Muslims

By Zahra Noorbakhsh | July 15, 2019

Michael Cunningham on the Novel That Would Become <em>Mrs Dalloway</em>

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