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Stop Stereotyping Lexicographers!

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John Simpson is an Editor of Dictionaries, and This Is His Story

By John Simpson | October 24, 2016

Ghost Songs

Ghost Songs

Regina McBride

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 19, 2016

Postcards to a Younger, Much Better Novelist

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Derek Palacio Shares Early Correspondence with his wife, Claire Vaye Watkins

By Derek Palacio | October 17, 2016

There's Still No Word for 'Memoir' in German Publishing

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By Tara Bray Smith | October 17, 2016

How I Came to Love Bob Dylan

How I Came to Love Bob Dylan

From Scratchy Records to Dubious (Trash-Digging) Sightings

By Patrick Ryan | October 14, 2016

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: The College Years

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"I was benefiting from a history that had come to negate my history"

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