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A Close Reading of <em>True Grit</em>'s Perfect First Paragraph

A Close Reading of True Grit's Perfect First Paragraph

Charles Portis’s Classic as an Object Lesson in Creating Character

By Emily Temple | May 18, 2018

Be a Better Reader: Get Outside Your Genre Comfort Zone

Be a Better Reader: Get Outside Your Genre Comfort Zone

On the Dangers of Narrowly Marketed Book Categories

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William Trevor in America

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By Patrick Cox | May 15, 2018

On the Strange, Artistic World of Marfa, Texas

On the Strange, Artistic World of Marfa, Texas

Twilight Zone Episode"">"Whenever I’m in Marfa I Feel like I’m in a Twilight Zone Episode"

By Lawrence Wright | May 14, 2018

How I Learned to Claim Space as a Multilingual Author

How I Learned to Claim Space as a Multilingual Author

YZ Chin on Choosing to Write in a "Colonizer's Language"

By YZ Chin | May 14, 2018

The Unexpected Poetry of Sleeping Outside

The Unexpected Poetry of Sleeping Outside

"I’d Rather Be Huddled Somewhere and a Little Underprepared"

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