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“I Tried To Be Witness to Him.” Sebastian Barry on Writing Characters That Have Survived Trauma

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Mona Simpson on Reimagining Mental Health Hospitals in Her New Novel

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“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

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Abraham Verghese on Medicine’s Innate Connection to Storytelling

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Passing Through Porous Boundaries: Mai Nardone on Navigating Thai and American Culture

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Robert Lopez on Life Before We’re Born and Why Memory is Like a Failed Method Actor

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“Gray Area is What Novels Can Do That Twitter Cannot.” Rebecca Makkai on Incorporating #MeToo in Her New Novel

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Pointing in the Direction of Truth: Jai Chakrabarti on Crafting Endings

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Susan Griffin on Earning an Ending and How Writing is Akin to Carpentry

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