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How Books Can Help Us Survive a War

How Books Can Help Us Survive a War

A Sister Tries to Read Along With a Brother on the Front Lines

By Emily Gray Tedrowe | April 28, 2016

Jim Harrison and Thomas McGuane, a Literary Friendship

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From the Great North to the Great West to the Great American Novel

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The Joys (and Perils) of Literary Tourism

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Laura Barnett on Seeing Another Country Through Fiction

By Laura Barnett | April 28, 2016

How Mapping Alice Munro's Stories Helped Me As a Writer

How Mapping Alice Munro's Stories Helped Me As a Writer

Elizabeth Poliner On the Shapes That Fiction Can Take

By Elizabeth Poliner | April 27, 2016

On the Heartbreaking Difficulty of Getting Rid of Books

On the Heartbreaking Difficulty of Getting Rid of Books

Summer Brennan Attempts Marie Kondo's Approach to Tidying Up Her Library

By Summer Brennan | April 26, 2016

How Sylvia Plath's Rare Honors Thesis Helped Me Understand My Divided Self

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