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What Romance Fiction Can Accomplish

What Romance Fiction Can Accomplish

On the Passion and Pleasure of "Light" Reading

By Cathy Maxwell | December 29, 2016

The Year in Literary Adaptations (And What's on the Horizon)

The Year in Literary Adaptations (And What's on the Horizon)

A Conversation with Anonymous Content's Kevin Cotter

By Peter Nowogrodzki | December 28, 2016

7 Debut Novelists on Their 2017 Resolutions

7 Debut Novelists on Their 2017 Resolutions

Garth Greenwell, Idra Novey, Molly Prentiss and others on what's next

By Emily Temple | December 27, 2016

The Year in Single Women

The Year in Single Women

And Why the Woman's Quest May Succeed the Marriage Plot

By Tara Wanda Merrigan | December 27, 2016

Poetry As Prophecy: A Conversation with the Astro Poets

Poetry As Prophecy: A Conversation with the Astro Poets

Alex Dimitrov and Dorothea Lasky on Magick, Writing, and Mariah Carey

By Blair Beusman | December 27, 2016

Working Your Way Through Depression to Finish a Book

Working Your Way Through Depression to Finish a Book

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By Jason Diamond | December 22, 2016

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Charles Johnson on How to Sculpt a Story

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Why Is it 'Unrealistic' to Show Women in Power in Fantasy?

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The Best Children's Books Appeal to All Ages

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Joan Didion's Disaffected Literary Descendants

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On the New Generation of Wayward Daughter Protagonists

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Human Hair, Dolls Clothes, Love Letters and Other Strange Things Found in Old Books

Human Hair, Dolls Clothes, Love Letters and Other Strange Things Found in Old Books

UVA's Book Traces Project tracks human interactions with physical books

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