Geraldine Brooks on the Beauty of Implausible Truth

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Ottessa Moshfegh: “Why Do I Write About Such Darkness?”

Ottessa Moshfegh: “Why Do I Write About Such Darkness?”

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Mark Kurlansky: Why Short Stories are Pure Storytelling

Mark Kurlansky: Why Short Stories are Pure Storytelling

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Why Are Novels About Wealth Almost Absent From the Literary Canon?

Why Are Novels About Wealth Almost Absent From the Literary Canon?

Hernan Diaz in Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | June 17, 2022

Alexander Maksik No Longer Condemns Metafictional Novels

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Steve Almond on the Myth of Reaganism

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Diana Abu-Jaber on How Life Begins Each Time You Find a New Place

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What Are You Blurbing, Deesha Philyaw?

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Julie Otsuka on Writing Her Most Personal Story

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Elisa New and Richard Blanco on the Diversity of American Poetry

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