Clint Smith Performs an Excerpt from <em>How the Word Is Passed</em>

Clint Smith Performs an Excerpt from How the Word Is Passed

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How the Great Dorothy Day’s Anger Was an Expression of Her Faith

How the Great Dorothy Day’s Anger Was an Expression of Her Faith

Kaya Oakes on the Life and Times of the Legendary Activist

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44 Writers on Their Favorite Books to Give as Presents

44 Writers on Their Favorite Books to Give as Presents

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The Italian Electrical Scientist Who (May Have) Inspired <em>Frankenstein</em>

The Italian Electrical Scientist Who (May Have) Inspired Frankenstein

Timothy Jorgensen on Giovanni Aldini

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How Baseball Legend Satchel Paige Sought to Pacify White Fans

How Baseball Legend Satchel Paige Sought to Pacify White Fans

Luke Epplin Guests on the Lit Century Podcast

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Why Do Some Stories Survive the Test of Time?

Why Do Some Stories Survive the Test of Time?

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Shelley Blanton-Stroud On the Different Ways We Mythologize the Past

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How Did the Arab Spring Change Fiction?

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Mirion Malle: “Let's Talk About Mental Health Without Pointing Blame”

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On Finally Finding an Authentic Voice (After Writing Several Dozen Books)

On Finally Finding an Authentic Voice (After Writing Several Dozen Books)

Mark Scarbrough Takes the Scenic Route to Memoir Writing

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Francine Prose on Her Encounters with the Literary Strange

Francine Prose on Her Encounters with the Literary Strange

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The Last Essay I Need to Write about David Foster Wallace

The Last Essay I Need to Write about David Foster Wallace

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