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“Never Had a Dirty Book Done So Badly.” On Some Unlikely Books First Published with Viking

“Never Had a Dirty Book Done So Badly.” On Some Unlikely Books First Published with Viking

Paul Slovak Digs Into Titles by Leonard Cohen, John Williams, Alfred Doblin, and More

By Paul Slovak | September 8, 2025

Laughing in Hell: How We Tell the Stories of Other Peoples’ Suicides

Laughing in Hell: How We Tell the Stories of Other Peoples’ Suicides

Sarah Adler on Reading Blake Butler in the Wake of Loss

By Sarah Adler | September 8, 2025

Returning to the World of <em>Chocolat</em>, 25 Years Later

Returning to the World of Chocolat, 25 Years Later

Joanne Harris on Writing a Sequel to Her Most Celebrated Novel

By Joanne Harris | September 8, 2025

Breadcrumbs: Searching for Synchronicity, in Life and Literature

Breadcrumbs: Searching for Synchronicity, in Life and Literature

Tara Yazdan Panah on Eve Babitz, Carl Jung, and Divinely Oriented Surprise

By Tara Yazdan Panah | September 8, 2025

Jeannie Vanasco on the Mother-Daughter Relationship in Memoir

Jeannie Vanasco on the Mother-Daughter Relationship in Memoir

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | September 8, 2025

Caleb Gayle on Reorienting the Reader

Caleb Gayle on Reorienting the Reader

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By Memoir Nation | September 8, 2025

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“I was the narrator’s manager, maybe. I was the narrator’s life coach. But I wasn’t the narrator.”

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How Writing in Community Can Forge Friendships and Evoke Change

How Writing in Community Can Forge Friendships and Evoke Change

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