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Five Short Story Collections To Have You Reading Like a Writer

Five Short Story Collections To Have You Reading Like a Writer

Aaliyah Bilal Recommends Edward P. Jones, Jamaica Kincaid, and More

By Aaliyah Bilal | July 6, 2023

Creating Safe Spaces: On Writing Queer Romance

Creating Safe Spaces: On Writing Queer Romance

Laura Kay Explores the Joy of Representation in Escapism

By Laura Kay | July 6, 2023

From Music to Fiction: How Artistic Callings Shift Across Generations

From Music to Fiction: How Artistic Callings Shift Across Generations

Keziah Weir on Finding Her Literary Voice Through Her Parents' Musical Talent

By Keziah Weir | July 6, 2023

Sarah Viren on Examining the Self in Both the Past and the Present

Sarah Viren on Examining the Self in Both the Past and the Present

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | July 6, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What Mai Nguyen Is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Mai Nguyen Is Reading Now and Next

A Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | July 6, 2023

On <em>Journey to the West</em>’s Capacity for Reinvention Across Centuries

On Journey to the West’s Capacity for Reinvention Across Centuries

This Week on The Cosmic Library with Adam Colman

By The Cosmic Library | July 6, 2023

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Patrick Dean on America’s “First” Great Naturalist, Mark Catesby

By Keen On | July 6, 2023

Bathhouse Sex, DIY Sestinas, Steamy Surrealism, and Sonnets: New Poetry Coming in July

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | July 6, 2023

Bill Boggs, Satirist of America’s Addiction to Celebrity, Drugs, Sex, and Food

By Keen On | July 6, 2023

Jake Skeets on Diné Food Traditions and the Relationship Between Food and Community

Jake Skeets on Diné Food Traditions and the Relationship Between Food and Community

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | July 5, 2023

Chronicle of a Battle Foretold: How One Town Went to War Over Desegregation

Chronicle of a Battle Foretold: How One Town Went to War Over Desegregation

Rachel Louise Martin on the Explosive Fight for Civil Rights in the American South

By Rachel Louise Martin | July 5, 2023

Adrienne Brodeur on Using Summer 2016 as a Setting for <em>Little Monsters</em>

Adrienne Brodeur on Using Summer 2016 as a Setting for Little Monsters

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | July 5, 2023

Kate Zambreno Can’t Imagine Her Life Without Visual Art

Kate Zambreno Can’t Imagine Her Life Without Visual Art

The Author of The Light Room Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | July 5, 2023

Women on the Verge: The Jazz Age Origins of Burnout

Women on the Verge: The Jazz Age Origins of Burnout

Marsha Gordon on Ursula Parrott’s Ambitious Women

By Marsha Gordon | July 5, 2023

Showing Myself in My Author Photo—Gray Hair and All

Showing Myself in My Author Photo—Gray Hair and All

Caitlin Shetterly on the Honest Humility of Going Gray

By Caitlin Shetterly | July 5, 2023

Wade Davis on the British Desire to Conquer the “Third Pole,” Mount Everest

Wade Davis on the British Desire to Conquer the “Third Pole,” Mount Everest

In Conversation with Razia Iqbal on Baillie Gifford’s Read Smart Podcast

By Read Smart | July 5, 2023

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