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The Fires of Digression: Gregory Brown on the Slow Burn of Writing Fiction

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"It’s okay to wander. It’s okay to be lost. It’s okay to go slow."

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This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>The Shore</em> by Chris Nealon

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Jacob M. Appel on One of the Finalists for Poetry

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Carlin Romano on One of the Finalists for Nonfiction

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