How Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs Created a New Kind of Fiction

How Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs Created a New Kind of Fiction

Joshua Glenn Chronicles the Development of Sci-Fi in the Early 20th Century

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<em>Black Boy</em> and Me: How Richard Wright Inspired Omer Aziz

Black Boy and Me: How Richard Wright Inspired Omer Aziz

"I will always look in my rearview reverentially, owing something deep in my heart to Richard."

By Omer Aziz | August 7, 2023

How the Start of World War I Changed an American Heiress's Life Forever

How the Start of World War I Changed an American Heiress's Life Forever

Janet Wallach on the Making of Socialite and Spy Marguerite Harrison

By Janet Wallach | August 7, 2023

William Dameron On the Tricky Art of Turning Truth Into Fiction

William Dameron On the Tricky Art of Turning Truth Into Fiction

"As authors, we become the ones we love, and we write them into existence."

By William Dameron | August 7, 2023

How Casting Helen of Troy Becomes an Exercise in Female Power

How Casting Helen of Troy Becomes an Exercise in Female Power

“Helen’s spell has always depended, in part, on her own erotic agency, exercised in defiance of male authority.”

By Ruby Blondell | August 7, 2023

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Ana Reyes on High-Stakes Fiction

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Ana Reyes on High-Stakes Fiction

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | August 7, 2023

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Adrian Tomine on the Delight of Collaborating on the <em>Shortcomings</em> Adaptation

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Problems Plus Time: What Creates a Dystopia, Real or Imagined

Problems Plus Time: What Creates a Dystopia, Real or Imagined

Madeline Ashby on G. K. Chesterton's The Napoleon of Notting Hill

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By Jessica Sequeira | August 4, 2023

On Being a Writer and a Mother to Children Who Don't Love to Read

On Being a Writer and a Mother to Children Who Don't Love to Read

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By Aimie K. Runyan | August 4, 2023

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