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Diane di Prima Remembers Her Friend Freddie Herko

Diane di Prima Remembers Her Friend Freddie Herko

“So it was the summer of ‘54 I met you. Or the spring. Ten years ago. Sat down on a park bench beside you, in the rain.”

By Diane Di Prima | October 6, 2021

Amitava Kumar: How Can You Write Fiction That Fights Fake News?

Amitava Kumar: How Can You Write Fiction That Fights Fake News?

“A novel often serves as a site of contention for different viewpoints.”

By Amitava Kumar | October 5, 2021

Hanging Out With Joan Didion: What I Learned About Writing From an American Master

Hanging Out With Joan Didion: What I Learned About Writing From an American Master

Sara Davidson on the Ten Lessons She Learned

By Sara Davidson | October 5, 2021

On Racial Injustice and the False Promise of Police Reforms

On Racial Injustice and the False Promise of Police Reforms

Derecka Purnell Unpacks the Drive to Seek Justice

By Derecka Purnell | October 5, 2021

In Search of My Family’s Faroese Stories

In Search of My Family’s Faroese Stories

Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen on Grief and Finding One’s Culture

By Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen | October 5, 2021

Nadifa Mohamed on the Long, Strange Journey of Her Uncle Kettle

Nadifa Mohamed on the Long, Strange Journey of Her Uncle Kettle

“My sense of belonging to Hargeisa, the city of my birth but not his, has dissipated in his absence.”

By Nadifa Mohamed | October 4, 2021

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Announcing the Winner of Restless Books 2021 Prize for New Immigrant Writing

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Saying a Few Words About My Novel at the Aphasia Self-Help Group

Saying a Few Words About My Novel at the Aphasia Self-Help Group

Jon McGregor Writes What He Doesn’t Know—But Does The Research First

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Lauren Groff on Growing Up in What Felt Like the Middle of Nowhere

Lauren Groff on Growing Up in What Felt Like the Middle of Nowhere

The Author of Matrix Looks Back to Her Central New York Childhood

By Lauren Groff | September 28, 2021

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