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Ping-Pong As Metaphor

Ping-Pong As Metaphor

In Which Geoff Dyer and Mark Haskell Smith Fail to Discuss the Writer's Life

By Mark Haskell Smith | June 2, 2015

Children of the Stone

Children of the Stone

Sandy Tolan

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 2, 2015

In Search of the Lost Jews of Memphis, Tennessee

In Search of the Lost Jews of Memphis, Tennessee

Finding a fictional world hidden by history

By Steve Stern | June 1, 2015

What Happens When Kent Haruf Calls

What Happens When Kent Haruf Calls

In Honor of a Great Writer and Mentor

By Laura Pritchett | May 27, 2015

What Looks Like Mad Disorder: The Sarah Winchester House


What Looks Like Mad Disorder: The Sarah Winchester House


Joni Tevis

By Lit Hub Excerpts | May 22, 2015

The Therapist Who Saved My Life

The Therapist Who Saved My Life

On the Possibility of Not Killing Oneself

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