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History Never Ends, It Just Gets Retold

History Never Ends, It Just Gets Retold

Janice P. Nimura On Meeting the Descendants of Her Subjects

By Janice P. Nimura | May 17, 2016

The Rise of the Chinese Hipster

The Rise of the Chinese Hipster

On a Generation Wenqing, aka "Cultured Youth"

By Rob Schmitz | May 17, 2016

Five Books Making News This Week: Mornings, Musicians, and Maternity

Five Books Making News This Week: Mornings, Musicians, and Maternity

Janine di Giovanni, Dylan Hicks, Pamela Erens, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | May 17, 2016

How to Write Deep in the Woods with a Dog By Your Side

How to Write Deep in the Woods with a Dog By Your Side

Lee Clay Johnson Finds a Post-MFA Writer's Paradise

By Lee Clay Johnson | May 16, 2016

Jenny Diski, Down the Final Rabbit Hole

Jenny Diski, Down the Final Rabbit Hole

On a Body of Work That Ends Without Ending

By Bridget Read | May 16, 2016

How Books Are Helping Austin's Homeless Community

How Books Are Helping Austin's Homeless Community

Street Lit: Finding Hope Through Literature

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When Two Feminists of Color Fall in Love

By Ana Castillo | May 13, 2016

The Dimunition of Women Writers: An American Tradition

By Anne Boyd Rioux | May 12, 2016

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How Surviving ‘Ex-Gay’ Therapy Made Me a Better Writer

Garrard Conley: "I wrote and rewrote again. I wrote in doubt and fear."

By Garrard Conley | May 11, 2016

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Why Fiction Needs More Women Scientists

When A Plot is Handed to You on a Petri Dish, Write It

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Jay to Bee: Janet Frame's Letters to William Theophilus Brown

Jay to Bee: Janet Frame's Letters to William Theophilus Brown

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The Time Shakespeare Caused a Riot in New York City

The Time Shakespeare Caused a Riot in New York City

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Bookslut is Dead, Long Live Bookslut

Bookslut is Dead, Long Live Bookslut

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Using Crime Fiction to Present Fully Formed Muslim Characters

Using Crime Fiction to Present Fully Formed Muslim Characters

Ausma Zehanat Khan, Human Rights Activist and Mystery Writer

By Marni Graff | May 9, 2016

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