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Telling the Same Story Differently: Terry McDonell on Writing About His Mother, Irma

Telling the Same Story Differently: Terry McDonell on Writing About His Mother, Irma

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 15, 2023

Steven Cohen’s Pragmatic Approach to Environmentally Sustainable Growth

Steven Cohen’s Pragmatic Approach to Environmentally Sustainable Growth

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 15, 2023

Jeremy Sherman Wonders Why There Are So Many Assholes Around These Days

Jeremy Sherman Wonders Why There Are So Many Assholes Around These Days

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 15, 2023

How To Write About Your Mother

How To Write About Your Mother

Terry McDonell: “I did not set out to write about Irma.”

By Terry McDonell | May 12, 2023

Against the Struggling Single Mom Trope in Romance Novels

Against the Struggling Single Mom Trope in Romance Novels

Rosalynn Tyo Picks a Bone with a Subgenre

By Rosalynn Tyo | May 12, 2023

Why is Serious Nonfiction in the US Taken More Seriously Than in the UK?

Why is Serious Nonfiction in the US Taken More Seriously Than in the UK?

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John Wray on the One Book That Has Helped Him Become a Better Writer

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Why Does Hollywood Keep Returning to Peter Pan?

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Jonathan Russell Clark Traces the Evolution of a Pretty Depressing Character

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Mirror, Mirror: On the Intersection of Beauty, Power, and Motherhood

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Readings from the 2022 PEN America Prison Writing Awards Anthology

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<em>The Five Devils</em> is a Cinematic Gothic Novel for the Contemporary Age

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Garth Risk Hallberg Goes Behind the Scenes of the <em>City on Fire</em> Adaptation

Garth Risk Hallberg Goes Behind the Scenes of the City on Fire Adaptation

”The interior was so fully realized and so maximized for pothead goofing off that I didn’t want to leave.”

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To Heal the Planet, We Must Heal Ourselves: Ben Okri Proposes New Visions For Our Collective Future

To Heal the Planet, We Must Heal Ourselves: Ben Okri Proposes New Visions For Our Collective Future

“The climate crisis is not really about the climate. It’s about us.”

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Jeff VanderMeer’s <em>Veniss Underground</em> Reveals the World by Breaking Its Boundaries

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