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Snapshots of Life: Storytelling and Outlaw Culture in Eastern Kentucky

Snapshots of Life: Storytelling and Outlaw Culture in Eastern Kentucky

Bobi Conn Explores Her Appalachian Family’s Long Tradition of Unreliable Narrators and Morally Gray Characters

By Bobi Conn | May 22, 2024

Drifters, Searchers and Observers: In Praise of Quietly Unlikable Women

Drifters, Searchers and Observers: In Praise of Quietly Unlikable Women

Mesha Maren on the Sisters of Longing Who Inspire Her Work

By Mesha Maren | May 21, 2024

“Splintered beyond recognition.” Yogita Goyal on the Difficulty of Categorizing Contemporary African American Literature

“Splintered beyond recognition.” Yogita Goyal on the Difficulty of Categorizing Contemporary African American Literature

From “The Cambridge Companion to Contemporary African American Literature”

By Yogita Goyal | May 21, 2024

R.O. Kwon on Writing Her Way Into a Book’s Most Truthful Version

R.O. Kwon on Writing Her Way Into a Book’s Most Truthful Version

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Exhibit”

By Jane Ciabattari | May 21, 2024

Adelle Waldman on the Lightly Comic

Adelle Waldman on the Lightly Comic

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 20, 2024

The Poetry of Chinese Names

The Poetry of Chinese Names

Wendy Chen on Generation Poems and the Stories Hidden in Names

By Wendy Chen | May 20, 2024

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Pulitzer Prize-Winner Ilyon Woo on Craft Lessons From the Late Filmmaker Dai Sil Kim Gibson

By Ilyon Woo | May 20, 2024

The Thrill of Discovery: How Hidden Messages Make Fiction Fun

By J. Nicole Jones | May 20, 2024

Susan Kiyo Ito on the Raw Truth of Exposure

By Memoir Nation | May 20, 2024

Better in the Middle: Eight Writing Hacks From a Mid-List Author

Better in the Middle: Eight Writing Hacks From a Mid-List Author

Anna Dorn Offers Some Subjective Tidbits For Writers At Any Stage of Their Journey

By Anna Dorn | May 17, 2024

Anna Noyes on Writing the Book That Keeps Her Awake

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“I want narrative propelled by questions, not by the need to provide each answer.”

By Anna Noyes | May 17, 2024

I Want to Put a Dozen Blurbs on My Book: Am I the Literary Asshole?

I Want to Put a Dozen Blurbs on My Book: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | May 16, 2024

We’re Not in Winesburg Anymore: On the Literature of the Small Town

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The Secret Master: On Translating the Forgotten Argentine Writer Ángel Bonomini

The Secret Master: On Translating the Forgotten Argentine Writer Ángel Bonomini

Jordan Landsman Remembers the Writer Admired by Jorge Luis Borges, Alberto Manguel, and Others

By Jordan Landsman | May 16, 2024

Adelle Waldman on Muckraking Novels

Adelle Waldman on Muckraking Novels

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By History of Literature | May 16, 2024

Lauren Michele Jackson on the Collision of the Internet, Race, and Gender

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