Writing Fiction About Fact: Using Historical Figures As Characters

Writing Fiction About Fact: Using Historical Figures As Characters

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Revising My Novel Unearthed <br>a #MeToo Story

Revising My Novel Unearthed
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Rachel Cline Writes Her Way Back to the Truth

By Rachel Cline | April 18, 2019

On Historical Blurring and the Question of 'What If'

On Historical Blurring and the Question of 'What If'

Rachel Barenbaum and Christopher Castellani in Conversation

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Susan Choi is Done With Fairy Tales

Susan Choi is Done With Fairy Tales

The Author of Trust Exercise Talks to Hamilton Cain

By Hamilton Cain | April 17, 2019

An Argument for Slowing the <br>F*ck Down with <em>War and Peace</em>

An Argument for Slowing the
F*ck Down with War and Peace

Natalie Adler on the Beauty of the Little Things

By Natalie Adler | April 17, 2019

Harold Bloom on Wallace Stevens, Young Love, and Old Age

Harold Bloom on Wallace Stevens, Young Love, and Old Age

"I am aware of being in the elegy season."

By Harold Bloom | April 17, 2019

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Why More People Should Read This Danish Masterpiece

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Garth Risk Hallberg on Lucky Per, the Great Scandinavian Novel

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How Ramona Quimby Helps Kids Make Sense of This Unstable World

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Rachel Richardson on the Genius of Beverly Cleary

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Reclaiming Anger and Denial: <br> A Red Ink Roundtable

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5 Women Confront the Weaponization of Emotion

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How What I've Learned as an Actor Can Apply to Storytelling

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Brett Paesel on Letting Emotional Logic Do the Work

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