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How the Poets Wrote <br>of Billie Holiday

How the Poets Wrote
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Cedar Sigo on the Voice of a Lifetime, and the Writing it Inspired

By Cedar Sigo | June 3, 2021

Dispatches from the “Reconstruction” of Afghanistan, c. 2004

Dispatches from the “Reconstruction” of Afghanistan, c. 2004

Frank Light: “You had to believe the people who sent you had a clue. You had to believe they cared.”

By Frank Light | June 3, 2021

Doireann Ní Ghríofa: On Writing and Embodying a Female Text

Doireann Ní Ghríofa: On Writing and Embodying a Female Text

Lori Feathers Talks to the Author of A Ghost in the Throat

By Lori Feathers | June 3, 2021

In the Soup: Sean McDonald and Monica West on Publishing During, and After, a Pandemic

In the Soup: Sean McDonald and Monica West on Publishing During, and After, a Pandemic

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell
on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 3, 2021

The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Fictionalizing the Life of a Great Artist

The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Fictionalizing the Life of a Great Artist

Lorenza Pieri on Finding Inspiration in Niki de Saint Phalle’s Tarot Garden

By Lorenza Pieri | June 3, 2021

On the Timeliness—and Timelessness—of Muriel Rukeyser’s Far-Reaching Poetry

On the Timeliness—and Timelessness—of Muriel Rukeyser’s Far-Reaching Poetry

Natasha Trethewey Considers the Essential Role of Poetry in Our Lives

By Natasha Trethewey | June 3, 2021

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Judy Batalion on the Emotional Legacy of the Holocaust

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How Don Cherry Employed the Metaphysical Body-Space to Inspire Communal Creativity

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In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

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Finding Time to Write About Motherhood... While Parenting During a Pandemic

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Pragya Agarwal on the Struggle to Balance It All

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How Has One Book That Barely Mentions Sports Reshaped the Game of Baseball?

How Has One Book That Barely Mentions Sports Reshaped the Game of Baseball?

Joe Lemire Guests on the Book Dreams Podcast

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Jill Lepore on Nazi Propaganda and the Fate of “Axis Sally”

Jill Lepore on Nazi Propaganda and the Fate of “Axis Sally”

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Justice for Clubber Lang: Kiese Laymon on a Cast-Off American Hero

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In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith
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By Open Form | June 3, 2021

Celebrating AudioFile's 2021 Golden Voice Narrators: Soneela Nankani

Celebrating AudioFile's 2021 Golden Voice Narrators: Soneela Nankani

Honoring Excellence in Audiobook Narration

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How a Single Cookbook Shaped What It Meant to Be an “American Woman”

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