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    James Frankie Thomas on Discovering His Trans Identity While Writing Fiction

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    Poem

    “boys with hands behind necks,” a Poem by Ntozake Shange

    By Ntozake Shange  September 13, 2023
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    Zakiya Dalila Harris on Bringing The Other Black Girl to TV

    By Zakiya Dalila Harris  September 13, 2023
    Existentialism

    James Reich on Existential Fiction and the Imprint of Nature

    By James Reich  September 13, 2023
    Damian Barr's Literary Salon

    A Farewell (For Now) From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon

    By Damian Barr's Literary Salon  September 13, 2023
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    On the Generative Nostalgia of Old Manuscripts

    By Nick Ripatrazone  September 13, 2023
    On Writing

    A Small Parenthesis: How Gardens and Stories Can Create Space to Breathe

    By Juan Cárdenas  September 13, 2023
    Keen On

    Rachel Abrams on Real-Life Succession

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    Lit Hub Questionnaire

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    By Teddy Wayne  September 12, 2023
    Translation

    Drifting Along the Current: On the 10th Anniversary of Self-Portrait in Green

    By Jordan Stump  September 12, 2023
    Criminal Justice

    Parole For Pay: How America’s Criminal Justice System Was Slowly Privatized

    By Vincent Schiraldi  September 12, 2023
    Fashion History

    How the Humble Pocket Came to Signify Feminist Liberation

    By Hannah Carlson  September 12, 2023
    Artificial Intelligence

    Why Human Writing Is Worth Defending In the Age of ChatGPT

    By Naomi S. Baron  September 12, 2023
    In Conversation

    Christian Kiefer on Sewing a Quilt of Distinct Narrative Voices

    By Jane Ciabattari  September 12, 2023
    Read Smart

    Arifa Akbar and Ruth Scurr on the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist

    By Read Smart  September 12, 2023
    Talk Easy

    Naomi Klein on Running Towards the Burning Building

    By Talk Easy  September 12, 2023
    I'm a Writer But

    Eden Robins on the Healing Magic of Comedy

    By I'm a Writer But   September 12, 2023
    Keen On

    Amy Edmondson on Smart Risks and the Upside of Failing More

    By Keen On  September 12, 2023
    Climate Crisis

    Conquest and Care in Antarctica: On Climate Stories that Complicate the Narrative

    By Michaela Cavanagh  September 11, 2023
    Classics

    How Jonathan Raban’s Passage to Juneau Decolonizes Nature Writing

    By Robert Macfarlane  September 11, 2023
    Animals

    Learning to Write About Pets When You Aren’t An Animal Person

    By LaToya Watkins  September 11, 2023
    Afghanistan

    The Remarkable Story of the Horsewomen Warriors of Afghanistan

    By Pardis Mahdavi  September 11, 2023
    Trauma and Healing

    The Geology of Misery: What Philip Larkin and Ted Lasso (and Science) Tell Us About Trauma

    By Catherine Buni  September 11, 2023
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