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    At the Edge of the Woods: Why Writers Need Wilderness

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    Music and My Father

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    The 100 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of The Great Gatsby

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    On Blood, Birth, and the Talismanic Power of Red Lipstick

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    PEN World Voices Festival: Resistance, Roxane Gay, and the Next Generation

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    Surviving the Ordinary: Why We Need Memoirs of Regular Lives

    By Mary Laura Philpott  April 9, 2018
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    Gay, Muslim, Refugee: On Making a Life in Trump’s America

    By Aleksandar Hemon  April 9, 2018
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    10 Literary Diss Tracks

    By Emily Temple  April 9, 2018
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    On the Rise—and Cost—of the African Novel in English

    By Mukoma Wa Ngugi  April 9, 2018
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    Barbara Ehrenreich: Why I’m Giving Up on Preventative Care

    By Barbara Ehrenreich  April 9, 2018
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    What the Rest of America Can Learn from California’s Turnaround

    By Manuel Pastor  April 9, 2018
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    When I Say Jesus Was My Boyfriend, a Poem by Erin Adair-Hodges

    By Erin Adair-Hodges  April 9, 2018
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    Lit Hub Weekly: April 2 – 6, 2018

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    Josh Gondelman: I Kind of Got Bullied Into My Career

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    By Chris L. Terry  April 6, 2018
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    The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Children’s Books

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    By Stacy Schiff  April 6, 2018
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