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Being Funny Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Be a Serious Writer

Being Funny Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Be a Serious Writer

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By Gina Sorell | April 6, 2022

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Anakana Schofield Has Discovered Professional Basketball, and She Has Thoughts

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Maggie Gee Reads from Her Timely Modern Fable, <em>The Red Children</em>

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By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | April 6, 2022

James Bond’s War: On Ian Fleming’s Role in Espionage During World War II

James Bond’s War: On Ian Fleming’s Role in Espionage During World War II

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On Preserving and Protecting Protest Art In Oakland

On Preserving and Protecting Protest Art In Oakland

“These artworks are artifacts of a social justice movement.”

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<em>Enough Already</em> by Valerie Bertinelli, Read by the Author

Enough Already by Valerie Bertinelli, Read by the Author

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Andrew Lipstein Reads Excerpts from Last Resort

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The Fugitive Who Conned His Way Into the Footsteps of Alexander the Great—and the Quest for His Lost Cities

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What Can We Learn From the “Life” of the Little Prince?

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Preview Exclusive Audio Excerpts from Emily St. John Mandel’s New Book

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The Unique Challenge of Designing a Book by Incarcerated Writers

The Unique Challenge of Designing a Book by Incarcerated Writers

Caits Meissner and Melissa Joskow on The Sentences that Create Us

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Good Enough: Chelsea Bieker on Grieving Her Complicated Father

Good Enough: Chelsea Bieker on Grieving Her Complicated Father

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