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Zen, with Legos: How Playing with Blocks Helped Colleen McKeegan Make Sense of Bad Reviews

Zen, with Legos: How Playing with Blocks Helped Colleen McKeegan Make Sense of Bad Reviews

The Author of “Rip Tide” on Surviving the Chaos of Publishing

By Colleen McKeegan | August 15, 2024

What Clickbait Tells Us About the Evolution of Print and Online Media

What Clickbait Tells Us About the Evolution of Print and Online Media

Holly Baxter on the Virtues and Pitfalls of Journalism in the 21st Century

By Holly Baxter | August 15, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Bill Schutt Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Bill Schutt Is Reading Now, and Next

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By Diana Arterian | August 15, 2024

A Literary Road Trip Across America

A Literary Road Trip Across America

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By Literary Hub | August 14, 2024

“A Countrified Rumpelstiltskin.” On the Visceral, Versatile Stories of Brad Watson

“A Countrified Rumpelstiltskin.” On the Visceral, Versatile Stories of Brad Watson

Snowden Wright Digs Into the “Exploded View” of Watson’s Work

By Snowden Wright | August 14, 2024

How the Prospect of Publishing Can Paralyze the Writing Process

How the Prospect of Publishing Can Paralyze the Writing Process

Sofia Samatar on Balancing Self-Compartmentalization With the Joy of Creation

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Ava Nathaniel Winter on Poetic Embodiment, Queerness in Judaism, and Finding Art in the Disturbing

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Javier Zamora and Susan Kiyo Ito on Writing the Story You Have to Write

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Bringing Felice Bauer to Life in Magdaléna Platzová’s <em>Life After Kafka</em>

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