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Mary Gaitskill on Borrowing From Real Life in Writing (and the Dreams That Guided Her)

Mary Gaitskill on Borrowing From Real Life in Writing (and the Dreams That Guided Her)

How the Author of Veronica Tries to Honor the World

By Mary Gaitskill | October 22, 2021

Finding My Voice Through the Rage of Punk Music

Finding My Voice Through the Rage of Punk Music

Amy Lee Lillard on the Acceptance and Creativity-Instilling Energy of the Punk Scene

By Amy Lee Lillard | October 22, 2021

Why Samuel L. Jackson Was Expelled From Morehouse College

Why Samuel L. Jackson Was Expelled From Morehouse College

The Iconic Actor on His Time as Politically-Conscious Student at the Acclaimed HBCU

By Gavin Edwards | October 22, 2021

Sebastian Junger on Freedom vs. Community

Sebastian Junger on Freedom vs. Community

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 22, 2021

David Shariatmadari on What Etymology Can Teach Us About Culture (and Happiness)

David Shariatmadari on What Etymology Can Teach Us About Culture (and Happiness)

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | October 22, 2021

Who Really Has the Authority to Write About the Pandemic?

Who Really Has the Authority to Write About the Pandemic?

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By Selina Mahmood | October 22, 2021

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On Pastoral Poetry and the Language of Wilderness

By Oscar Oswald | October 22, 2021

Craig Davidson on the Secrets Best Left Out of Memoir

By Craig Davidson | October 22, 2021

Josh Cohen on Letting the Literary Be a Guide to Life

By Keen On | October 22, 2021

Nariman Youssef on Migration, Translation, and the Complexities of the “Mother Tongue”

Nariman Youssef on Migration, Translation, and the Complexities of the “Mother Tongue”

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By The Common | October 22, 2021

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By Katherine May | October 22, 2021

On Cultivating Voice Through Playwriting in Prisons

On Cultivating Voice Through Playwriting in Prisons

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<em>Cloud Cuckoo Land</em> by Anthony Doerr, Read by Marin Ireland and Simon Jones

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr, Read by Marin Ireland and Simon Jones

An Immersive and Enduring Listening Experience

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Jennifer Estep on Her Favorite Character of All Time to Write

Jennifer Estep on Her Favorite Character of All Time to Write

In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | October 22, 2021

Ross Gay Demands Our Attention (in a Pandemic or Otherwise)

Ross Gay Demands Our Attention (in a Pandemic or Otherwise)

Sara B. Franklin on a True Poet of Our Times

By Sara B. Franklin | October 21, 2021

How Do You Find a Book When You Can’t Remember the Title or the Author?

How Do You Find a Book When You Can’t Remember the Title or the Author?

Marina Luz Mines on the Language We Use to Describe Forgotten Literature

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