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The Challenges of Placing Real Art in Fictional Stories

The Challenges of Placing Real Art in Fictional Stories

Joe Mungo Reed on “Borrowed Scenery”

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Exclusive cover reveal: Elizabeth Strout’s <em>Lucy by the Sea</em>.

Exclusive cover reveal: Elizabeth Strout’s Lucy by the Sea.

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Here are this year’s winners of the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards.

Here are this year’s winners of the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards.

By Walker Caplan | March 22, 2022

How Public Shaming Helps Society Maintain Its Norms and Ethical Standards

How Public Shaming Helps Society Maintain Its Norms and Ethical Standards

Cathy O'Neil on Hopi Traditions of the “Shame Clown”

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Karen Joy Fowler on Decentering John Wilkes Booth in a Novel About His Family

Karen Joy Fowler on Decentering John Wilkes Booth in a Novel About His Family

The Author of Booth Talks to Jane Ciabattari

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How the Absence of a Funeral Makes Death So Much Harder For the Living

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When in Philly: A Selection of Offsite Events at This Year’s AWP

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