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What Fiction Writers Can Learn from Stage Magicians

What Fiction Writers Can Learn from Stage Magicians

Gabriel Urza on the Literary Virtues of Defamiliarization

By Gabriel Urza | July 1, 2019

'Completion,' <br>A Prose Poem by Ron Padgett

'Completion,'
A Prose Poem by Ron Padgett

From His Collection Big Cabin

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Working on a Novel About an Artist? Write Like a Painter

Working on a Novel About an Artist? Write Like a Painter

Kummer on Picasso, van Gogh, Hopper, and the
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What Your Favorite Beach Read Says About You

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Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

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The Torture of Being Trapped in an Australian Refugee Detention Center

The Torture of Being Trapped in an Australian Refugee Detention Center

Behrouz Boochani Recounts the Injustices in Manus Island Prison

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