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The Battle for the Black Soul: On the Poetic Embodiment of the Black Preacher

The Battle for the Black Soul: On the Poetic Embodiment of the Black Preacher

Gregory Pardlo Contextualizes James Weldon Johnson’s God’s Trombones for the Contemporary Era

By Gregory Pardlo | February 21, 2023

Matthew Salesses: Setting Restrictions Leads You to Narrative Possibilities

Matthew Salesses: Setting Restrictions Leads You to Narrative Possibilities

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 21, 2023

Jai Chakrabarti on Fostering Community Through Storytelling

Jai Chakrabarti on Fostering Community Through Storytelling

The Author of A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | February 21, 2023

Louise Dennys: Stories from a Publishing Legend

Louise Dennys: Stories from a Publishing Legend

This Week on Beyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers‘ Conference

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | February 21, 2023

“I Start, You Finish.” Nita Prose on Letting the Reader Fill in the Blanks

“I Start, You Finish.” Nita Prose on Letting the Reader Fill in the Blanks

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | February 21, 2023

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James Bond, The Beatles, and the British Psyche

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By History of Literature | February 21, 2023

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The Poetics of Film: Four Poets on How Cinema Influences Their Work

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Camonghne Felix on the Gentle Balance of Writing about Trauma

By Camonghne Felix | February 17, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What Courtney Maum is Reading Now and Next

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Mirror and Window Both: The Brief Superabundance of Aubrey Beardsley

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A. Natasha Joukovsky on the Man Whose Illustrations Nearly Outshone the Words of Oscar Wilde

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1984 be like if Winston Smith had an endearing personality?"">"What would 1984 be like if Winston Smith had an endearing personality?"

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Chetna Maroo: “Every Time I Lost my Way, I Would Go Back to That First Page.”

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Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza on the Unique Pleasures of Reading in Public

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza on the Unique Pleasures of Reading in Public

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By Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza | February 15, 2023

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A Bizarre Pattern of Bridges: How—and Why—Baudelaire Showed Up Throughout My Fiction

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Chani Nicholas on Writing (and Astrology) as a Response to Trauma

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