“All He Wanted From Us Was Truth.” Remembering Stephen Dixon

“All He Wanted From Us Was Truth.” Remembering Stephen Dixon

Courtney Zoffness on Finding Authenticity in a Great Writer and Professor

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How to Be Cool: On the Societal Expectations Placed on Black Boys vs. White Boys

How to Be Cool: On the Societal Expectations Placed on Black Boys vs. White Boys

Brian Broome Considers the One-Two Punch of Gender and Racial Identity

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Lilly Dancyger on the Physical and Emotional Tolls of Writing Memoir

Lilly Dancyger on the Physical and Emotional Tolls of Writing Memoir

The Author of Negative Space Talks to Sari Botton

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The Necessity (and Inadequacy) of Trans Self-Acceptance Narratives

The Necessity (and Inadequacy) of Trans Self-Acceptance Narratives

Isle McElroy on Torrey Peters, Veronica Esposito, and the Divide Between Being and Doing Trans

By Isle McElroy | May 18, 2021

Poetic Letters Across a Pandemic Distance

Poetic Letters Across a Pandemic Distance

From Emma Kushnirsky and Robin Messing of Girls Write Now

By Emma Kushnirsky and Robin Messing | May 17, 2021

Is Fabulism the New Sincerity?

Is Fabulism the New Sincerity?

Brenda Peynado Considers the Dishonesty of Irony

By Brenda Peynado | May 17, 2021

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A Lifetime of Luminous Poetry: Nandana Dev Sen on Translating the Work of Her Mother, Nabaneeta

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“She had a profound and primal need for poetry, not only as a way to cope, but as a way of forming herself.”

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Here are the winners of Publishing Triangle’s 33rd annual Triangle Awards.

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Following the Vita Sackville-West School of Gardening

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Marc Hamer on Growing Roses (and Aphids)

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What Will the Literature of Motherhood Look Like After COVID?

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Ashley Nelson Levy on Pandemic Parenting in America

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On Finally Finding a Home Where the Outsiders Are In

On Finally Finding a Home Where the Outsiders Are In

How Jessica Anya Blau’s Novel is an Ode to Anne Tyler, Baltimore, and the Spirit of the Oddball

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