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Plot Is Just Music You Sing In Your Mind: How Popular Rock Songs Can Help Shape Your Novel

Plot Is Just Music You Sing In Your Mind: How Popular Rock Songs Can Help Shape Your Novel

Katie Crouch on Structure, Character Development, and the Band CAKE

By Katie Crouch | July 14, 2021

Kaveh Akbar on Getting Sober and the Supernatural Language of Writing

Kaveh Akbar on Getting Sober and the Supernatural Language of Writing

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | July 14, 2021

Shirley Jackson on Navigating Literary Fame Alongside Financial Uncertainty

Shirley Jackson on Navigating Literary Fame Alongside Financial Uncertainty

The Struggles of a Great American Writer, Revealed in Letters to Her Parents

By Shirley Jackson | July 14, 2021

Matt Bell on Heeding the Dire Climate Warnings of Our Best Literary Prophets

Matt Bell on Heeding the Dire Climate Warnings of Our Best Literary Prophets

The Author of Appleseed Recommends Work by Octavia Butler, Rebecca Roanhorse, Paolo Bacigalupi, and More

By Matt Bell | July 14, 2021

Voyage Into Genre with T. L. Huchu, P. Djèlí Clark, and Kamau Ware

Voyage Into Genre with T. L. Huchu, P. Djèlí Clark, and Kamau Ware

Introducing Our New Podcast with Tor Books

By Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre | July 14, 2021

“The World Is Beautiful but You Are Not in It”

“The World Is Beautiful but You Are Not in It”

A Poem by Morgan Parker

By Morgan Parker | July 14, 2021

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How Sicilians Are Mobilizing in Support of Migrants’ Rights

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Jamie Mackay on the Island’s Diverse Present and Future

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Tia Williams on the Meta Experience of Writing About Black Authors in a White Publishing Industry

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What Losing My Childhood Dog Taught Me About Grief and Companionship

What Losing My Childhood Dog Taught Me About Grief and Companionship

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Mary Gauthier on Songwriting as a Form of Healing

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On Makeup As a Tool for Queer Resistance

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By Rae Nudson | July 14, 2021

<em>The Vixen</em> by Francine Prose, Read by Tristan Morris

The Vixen by Francine Prose, Read by Tristan Morris

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The Importance of Forgetting: Where Borges and Child Psychiatrists Agree

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