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Sharecropper Emma Woods on Meeting James Agee

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By Emily Temple | May 16, 2017

Poet Alan Felsenthal Brings the Light With Him

Poet Alan Felsenthal Brings the Light With Him

The Lowly Author on Joy, Regret, and Ghosts

By Thora Siemsen | May 16, 2017

A Muslim YA Author on Belonging at a Tennessee Book Festival

A Muslim YA Author on Belonging at a Tennessee Book Festival

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By Sheba Karim | May 15, 2017

In <em>Kintu</em>, a Look at What it Means to be Ugandan Now

In Kintu, a Look at What it Means to be Ugandan Now

How Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's novel Offers an Important Corrective

By Aaron Bady | May 15, 2017

Ballast, Grounding, Subject Matter: On Writers and Their Mothers

Ballast, Grounding, Subject Matter: On Writers and Their Mothers

The Ambiguities and Uncertainties of Love Make us Who We Are

By Mary Morris | May 12, 2017

I Wrote A Show About A Stay-At-Home-Mom While Living Away From My Kids

I Wrote A Show About A Stay-At-Home-Mom While Living Away From My Kids

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Stephanie Powell Watts on Writing Hard Times in Small Towns

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Édouard Louis on Class, Violence, and Literature as a Space of Resistance

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"When violence is part of your daily rhythm, you end up believing it’s normal"

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