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Why Are Creepy Children So Compelling?

Why Are Creepy Children So Compelling?

A. J. Gnuse on Our Misplaced Fear of the Gothic

By A. J. Gnuse | May 14, 2021

Olivia Laing on Writing the Global Story of Liberation

Olivia Laing on Writing the Global Story of Liberation

The Author of Everybody Discusses Power and Freedom

By Olivia Laing | May 14, 2021

Cambria Gordon on the Lost Art of Penmanship

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In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

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By Rachel Eisendrath | May 13, 2021

Elissa Washuta on Composing the Three-Act Structure of Her Essay Collection

Elissa Washuta on Composing the Three-Act Structure of Her Essay Collection

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By Reading Women | May 13, 2021

Live at the Red Ink Series: How Desire Propels the Writing Life

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Featuring Jo Ann Beard, Katherine Angel, Dantiel W. Moniz, and Jeannine Ouellette

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How Do You Write a Biography Filled With Unreliable Witnesses?

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What Will the Literature of Motherhood Look Like After COVID?

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By Keen On | May 12, 2021

On Finally Finding a Home Where the Outsiders Are In

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Jennifer Weiner’s Dream Reader is Any Woman

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Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

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