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A Happy One-Trick Multi-Book Pony: On Writing Novels About Art History

A Happy One-Trick Multi-Book Pony: On Writing Novels About Art History

B.A. Shapiro Follows Her Literary Footsteps Through Storied Museums

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How Witi Ihimaera’s <em>The Whale Rider</em> Helped Introduce Maori Literature to the World

How Witi Ihimaera’s The Whale Rider Helped Introduce Maori Literature to the World

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Ed Park on Trusting the Generative Mind

Ed Park on Trusting the Generative Mind

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Jane Alison and Jeannine Ouellette on Craft and Form

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Audre Lorde! Elizabeth Strout! Oscar Wilde! 25 books out in paperback this August.

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On Promising Young Women (and the Nameless Men Who Get in Their Way)

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