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Life in the Aftermath: Books That Explore What Happens After Things Go Wrong

Life in the Aftermath: Books That Explore What Happens After Things Go Wrong

Tara Conklin Recommends Novels That Hinge on the Great Before/After

By Tara Conklin | March 29, 2023

Cartoonist Barbara Brandon-Croft on the Double-Edged Sword of Being

Cartoonist Barbara Brandon-Croft on the Double-Edged Sword of Being "the First"

In Conversation with Guest Host Mira Jacob on Thresholds

By Thresholds | March 29, 2023

Divine Poetry: Katherine Rundell Shines a Light on John Donne

Divine Poetry: Katherine Rundell Shines a Light on John Donne

“My hope was that they would finish the book and immediately go and find his poetry.”

By Malcolm Borthwick | March 29, 2023

Kelly Link Can’t Write Narrative Before 3pm: And Other Tips For Purposeful Writing

Kelly Link Can’t Write Narrative Before 3pm: And Other Tips For Purposeful Writing

“It’s too much to expect that your first draft will be any good.”

By Literary Hub | March 28, 2023

Clancy Martin on the Contradictions of Living Through Suicidal Moments

Clancy Martin on the Contradictions of Living Through Suicidal Moments

Or: How To Talk About Wanting To Kill Yourself

By Clancy Martin | March 28, 2023

Finding Memories of a Distant Home Through Milo Toast

Finding Memories of a Distant Home Through Milo Toast

Rachel Heng on Relinquishing the Past and Her Mother's Take on a Singaporean Comfort Food

By Rachel Heng | March 28, 2023

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Why Learning About Other Animals Makes Us Better Writers

By Gina Chung | March 28, 2023

Could You Forgive Someone for Murder? Alex Mar on the Court Case That Inspired Her Book

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | March 28, 2023

Madelaine Lucas on the Literature of Longing 

By Memoir Nation | March 28, 2023

Laura Spence-Ash on Crafting an Epic Family Saga

Laura Spence-Ash on Crafting an Epic Family Saga

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Beyond That, the Sea

By Jane Ciabattari | March 28, 2023

Edward Lee on NFTs and the Seductive Promise of Creators Taking Control of Their Work

Edward Lee on NFTs and the Seductive Promise of Creators Taking Control of Their Work

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 28, 2023

Karl Schlogel Digs Up an Encyclopedic and Richly Detailed History of Everyday Life in the Soviet Union

Karl Schlogel Digs Up an Encyclopedic and Richly Detailed History of Everyday Life in the Soviet Union

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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Brian Lowery on the Myth of Rugged Individualism and What This Means for the America of the 2020s

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Ethan Chatagnier on Bending Genre and Communicating with Aliens

Ethan Chatagnier on Bending Genre and Communicating with Aliens

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

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Eli Merritt Offers Advice and Inspiration From World Leaders on How to Save Democracy From Demagogues Like Trump

Eli Merritt Offers Advice and Inspiration From World Leaders on How to Save Democracy From Demagogues Like Trump

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In Praise of Sophie Hatter, the Grumpy, Imperfect Childhood Heroine I Needed

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Joelle Kidd on the Delightfully Subversive Howl's Moving Castle

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