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Jayne Anne Phillips on Chronicling Her West Virginia Upbringing and Writer’s Journey
Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of
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Jane Ciabattari
| April 21, 2026
How Lewis and Clark Invented the Western
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Craig Fehrman
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Bonnie Friedman
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Julia Hass
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Laura E. Helton
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Dane Bahr on Craft and Why Crime Fiction Is the Punk Complement to Literary Fiction
April 21, 2026
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Dane Bahr
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Marcus Kliewer
Joseph Moldover on What Being a Psychologist Taught Him About Writing Crime
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