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The Anxiety of the First-Time Novelist

The Anxiety of the First-Time Novelist

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By Mark Andrew Ferguson | April 28, 2015

Knausgaard on Masculinity, Excrement, and Quitting

Knausgaard on Masculinity, Excrement, and Quitting

A Conversation with Karl, on the eve of Book Four

By John Freeman | April 27, 2015

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Interview with a Bookstore: Parnassus Books

"I opened a bookstore because I didn’t want to live in a city without one."

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How to Dispose of a Body

How to Dispose of a Body

On Method Writing and Burning Bones

By Jamie Kornegay | April 27, 2015

Falconry as therapy

Falconry as therapy

Helen Macdonald Reads T.H. White

By Helen Macdonald | April 24, 2015

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