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Was the Battle of Manila Necessary?

Was the Battle of Manila Necessary?

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | February 10, 2022

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,
Miller’s Crossing

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

By Thresholds | February 9, 2022

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

By Georgia Pritchett | February 9, 2022

Brendan Slocumb on Mentorship, Antiquities Theft, and Being the Only Black Violin Player Around

By Jane Ciabattari | February 9, 2022

Megan Walsh and Rosie Blau on the Nuanced Literary Voices in China

By Underreported with Nicholas Lemann | February 9, 2022

Martin Puchner on the Climate Lessons from the <em>Epic of Gilgamesh</em>

Martin Puchner on the Climate Lessons from the Epic of Gilgamesh

“How should we humans narrate our self-made climate disaster?”

By Martin Puchner | February 9, 2022

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

Charmaine Wilkerson Reads from Black Cake, Her Debut Novel About Estranged Siblings

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | February 9, 2022

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

On Clarence Major’s Enduring Portrait of the Blues, Dirty Bird Blues

Yusef Komunyakaa Introduces the 25th Anniversary Edition

By Yusef Komunyakaa | February 9, 2022

Colette Brooks on the Dangers of Misremembering Our Past

Colette Brooks on the Dangers of Misremembering Our Past

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 9, 2022

A.J. Baime on Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret

A.J. Baime on Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 9, 2022

<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

By Behind the Mic | February 9, 2022

Some Fundamental Principles for Writing Great Sex

Some Fundamental Principles for Writing Great Sex

Rebecca Sacks on the Craft Behind the Intimacy

By Bee Sacks | February 8, 2022

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