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I Am Jessa Crispin’s Problem with Publishing

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Bethanne Patrick on Careerism, Criticism, and a Life in Books

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Luis J. Rodriguez: LA is a Great Poetry Town.

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By David L. Ulin | May 13, 2016

Even Dostoyevsky Hated Literary Readings

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By Daniel Torday | May 12, 2016

The Dimunition of Women Writers: An American Tradition

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On Constance Fennimore Woolson, a Truly Great 19th-Century Novelist

By Anne Boyd Rioux | May 12, 2016

Why Fiction Needs More Women Scientists

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When A Plot is Handed to You on a Petri Dish, Write It

By Eileen Pollack | May 10, 2016

Anton Chekhov: A Post-Post-Modernist Way Ahead of His Time

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