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How Reading John McPhee’s Book on Tennis Helped Me Write About Skateboarding

How Reading John McPhee’s Book on Tennis Helped Me Write About Skateboarding

Jonathan Russell Clark Finds Better Ways to Describe the Action

By Jonathan Russell Clark | February 9, 2022

How to Finally Stop Obsessing About That Thing That Keeps You up at Night

How to Finally Stop Obsessing About That Thing That Keeps You up at Night

Cognitive Neuroscientist Moshe Bar on Labeling and “Writing Therapy”

By Moshe Bar | February 9, 2022

How Rachel Carson Carved Out a Space to Become a Full-Time Writer

How Rachel Carson Carved Out a Space to Become a Full-Time Writer

James R. Gaines on Early American Nature Writing

By James R. Gaines | February 9, 2022

On the Coen Brothers’ Bitter, Brokenhearted Noir, <br><em>Miller’s Crossing</em>

On the Coen Brothers’ Bitter, Brokenhearted Noir,
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Olivia Rutigliano Reflects on the Classic Gangster Film as It Heads to the Criterion Collection

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 9, 2022

Kiese Laymon on Revision as Love, and Love as Revision

Kiese Laymon on Revision as Love, and Love as Revision

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

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Georgia Pritchett Recounts a TV Industry #MeToo Experience in Three Acts, with No Closure

Georgia Pritchett Recounts a TV Industry #MeToo Experience in Three Acts, with No Closure

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Martin Puchner on the Climate Lessons from the Epic of Gilgamesh

By Martin Puchner | February 9, 2022

Charmaine Wilkerson Reads from <em>Black Cake</em>, Her Debut Novel About Estranged Siblings

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On Clarence Major’s Enduring Portrait of the Blues, <em>Dirty Bird Blues</em>

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Yusef Komunyakaa Introduces the 25th Anniversary Edition

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<em>Reckless Girls</em> by Rachel Hawkins, Read by Barrie Kreinik

Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins, Read by Barrie Kreinik

A Fun Trip Turns into a Nightmare

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What Has COVID Done to Our Romantic Relationships?

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