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The Dangerous Lure of Writing For White Readers in an MFA

The Dangerous Lure of Writing For White Readers in an MFA

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By Aisha Sabatini Sloan | November 28, 2017

Claire Vaye Watkins: Some Houses (Various Stages of Dissolve)

Claire Vaye Watkins: Some Houses (Various Stages of Dissolve)

On Childhood, Addiction, and the Search for Home

By Claire Vaye Watkins | November 28, 2017

Writing About Alcohol Brought Me Back from the Brink of Addiction

Writing About Alcohol Brought Me Back from the Brink of Addiction

Hope Ewing on a Paradoxical Path Out of Family History

By Hope Ewing | November 27, 2017

Growing Up in a Phantom-Filled Desert

Growing Up in a Phantom-Filled Desert

You Can Leave Arizona, But its Ghosts Won't Leave You

By Hannah Lillith Assadi | November 27, 2017

Min Jin Lee: Love in the New World

Min Jin Lee: Love in the New World

On Breaking Tradition, and Trusting in Family

By Min Jin Lee | November 15, 2017

Orhan Pamuk: Taking Photographs in Istanbul

Orhan Pamuk: Taking Photographs in Istanbul

On Memory, Authenticity, and the Photographer Ara Güler

By Orhan Pamuk | November 14, 2017

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Alan Bennett: The Time I Saw T.S. Eliot on a Train Platform

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To the Lady Who Mistook Me for the Help at the National Book Awards

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