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Instead of Writing, I Watched Trains

Instead of Writing, I Watched Trains

Owen Laukkanen on the Procrastination that Helped Him Find his Mojo

By Owen Laukkanen | March 24, 2017

Do Dogs Have Souls? And Other Questions from Jim Harrison

Do Dogs Have Souls? And Other Questions from Jim Harrison

When in Doubt, Head for Deeper Waters

By Literary Hub | March 24, 2017

If Fiction Changes the World, It's Going to Be YA

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the kids aren’t just all right—they’re better than us

By Emily Temple | March 23, 2017

Reading Across America: How to Host a Literary Event

Reading Across America: How to Host a Literary Event

Jen Michalski on Learning What It Takes Pull Off a Reading

By Jen Michalski | March 23, 2017

<em>Get Out</em>, Claudia Rankine, and the Horror of Black Hypervisibility

Get Out, Claudia Rankine, and the Horror of Black Hypervisibility

On the Stag, the Sunken Place, and the Surveillance of Black Bodies

By Victoria Newton Ford | March 23, 2017

Deborah Crombie: Middle Earth Over Thomas Hardy, Any Day

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On Morality, Penis Lesions, and Writing From Life (or Not)

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