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Literary Alchemy: On Fusing Research and Film Techniques to Write a Novel

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How Mo Ogrodnik Depicts Violence Against Women from Multiple Perspectives

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The Rise of the Submission Industrial Complex

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Save or Shred? On the Allure and Conundrum of Unpublished Novels

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Randee Dawn Explores Approaches to Trunk Fiction

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Asking Toni’s Questions: Decentering Whiteness in Literary Spaces

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