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How Being an Airbnb Host and Cleaning Toilets Helped Me Write a Novel

How Being an Airbnb Host and Cleaning Toilets Helped Me Write a Novel

Kate Russo on What it Took to Write Her Novel Super Host

By Kate Russo | February 12, 2021

Gabriel Byrne on Navigating Past and Present, Fact and Imagination

Gabriel Byrne on Navigating Past and Present, Fact and Imagination

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | February 12, 2021

<em>The Great Gatsby</em> by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Read by Sean Astin

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Read by Sean Astin

Revisiting a Classic

By Behind the Mic | February 12, 2021

Tune in for Literature Live Around the World

Tune in for Literature Live Around the World

A Free and Live Global Book Festival on February 12

By Literary Hub | February 11, 2021

How America Has Always Advertised the Next Golden Age of Computers

How America Has Always Advertised the Next Golden Age of Computers

A Brief History of Selling the Future

By Ryan Mungia | February 11, 2021

Megafires and Mass Extinction: Searching for Hope at the End of the Natural World

Megafires and Mass Extinction: Searching for Hope at the End of the Natural World

Robbie Arnott on 'Longing for a Wilder Time'

By Robbie Arnott | February 11, 2021

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On Taking Kink Seriously: A Reading List

By Garth Greenwell and R.O. Kwon | February 11, 2021

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By Veronica Esposito | February 11, 2021

On the Connection Between Chinese Folktales and American Comic Book Heroes

On the Connection Between Chinese Folktales and American Comic Book Heroes

Gene Luen Yang Returns to the Adventures of Sun Wukong,
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By Gene Luen Yang | February 11, 2021

Brandon Hobson on Getting to the Truth Through Surreality

Brandon Hobson on Getting to the Truth Through Surreality

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | February 11, 2021

‘A Certain Kind of Hunger’: Chang-rae Lee on Writing Connection While We're Worlds Apart

‘A Certain Kind of Hunger’: Chang-rae Lee on Writing Connection While We're Worlds Apart

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell
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By Fiction Non Fiction | February 11, 2021

From Stage to Screen to Page... A Few Notes on Writing Across Media

From Stage to Screen to Page... A Few Notes on Writing Across Media

Jen Silverman on Taking Risks and Following Your Artistic Vision

By Jen Silverman | February 11, 2021

How to Organize a Dozen Global Literary Festivals All<br> at Once

How to Organize a Dozen Global Literary Festivals All
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Cherilyn Parsons Talks to Teresa Grøtan, Director of
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By Cherilyn Parsons | February 11, 2021

Are We Starving Our Brains by Going Digital?

Are We Starving Our Brains by Going Digital?

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By Keen On | February 11, 2021

<em>Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds</em> by Paul Farmer, Read by Pete Cross

Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds by Paul Farmer, Read by Pete Cross

A Close Look at the Ebola Epidemic

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