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    The Hub

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    Politics

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    The Myth of the Middle Class Writer

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    Cultural History

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    The Myth of the Middle Class Writer

    In Service: Writers on Making Ends Meet in the Service Industry

    By Literary Hub  April 17, 2024
    Graphic Memoir

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    On Writing

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    Medical history

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    craft advice

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    The Hub

    A new Ocean Vuong novel is coming next summer.

    By James Folta  April 16, 2024
    Twitterverse

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    Journalism

    What Christiane Amanpour—and the Rest of Us—Can Learn From Palestinian Journalists in Gaza

    By Steven W. Thrasher  April 16, 2024
    Aliens?

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    By Lisa Kaltenegger  April 16, 2024
    On Reading

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    By Elwin Cotman  April 16, 2024
    World War I

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    By Michael Korda  April 16, 2024
    Writing the Book

    Brianna Pastor Had to Write About Her Grief and Shame to Begin Healing

    By Brianna Pastor  April 16, 2024
    The Hub

    Here are the 2024 finalists for the $50,000 Gotham Book Prize.

    By Literary Hub  April 15, 2024
    Palestine

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    By Ben Ehrenreich  April 15, 2024
    The Myth of the Middle Class Writer

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    Irish History

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