Anne Lamott on Writing Compelling Dialogue

Anne Lamott on Writing Compelling Dialogue

"Good dialogue encompasses both what is said and what is not said."

By Anne Lamott | July 9, 2021

A nun just unearthed a previously unknown Dante manuscript.

A nun just unearthed a previously unknown Dante manuscript.

By Walker Caplan | July 8, 2021

Read the story that just won the biggest short story prize in the world.

Read the story that just won the biggest short story prize in the world.

By Walker Caplan | July 8, 2021

What parents and teachers are getting wrong about childhood reading preferences.

What parents and teachers are getting wrong about childhood reading preferences.

By Jonny Diamond | July 8, 2021

Exclusive: NoViolet Bulawayo's next novel, <em>Glory</em>, is coming your way this spring.

Exclusive: NoViolet Bulawayo's next novel, Glory, is coming your way this spring.

By Emily Temple | July 8, 2021

When Franklin Pierce Saved Nathaniel Hawthorne from Financial Ruin

When Franklin Pierce Saved Nathaniel Hawthorne from Financial Ruin

Gary Ginsberg on the Longtime Friendship Between the Novelist and the Future President

By Gary Ginsberg | July 8, 2021

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Summers of Discovery: Adventures in Greece with Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen

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Judy Scott on the Intensity of Found Families

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What Do You Do When a Short Story Wants to Be a Novel?

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Rachel Donohue on the Character That Wouldn't Leave Her Alone

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What the Dead Leave Behind: On the Way a Life Can Inhabit a House

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Emily Austin Navigates the Grief That Lurks Within the Best of Memories

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How the Bush Administration Did More For AIDS in Africa Than At Home

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Emily Bass on Foreign Aid and America's Response to Long-Standing Pandemics

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How College Rankings Created the Student Debt Crisis

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WATCH: Kyle Whyte and Jay Griffiths Discuss Indigenous Cultures and Climate Change

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From the Border Crossings' ORIGINS Festival

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Millicent Simmons will lead an adaptation of Sara Nović's novel about a Deaf teen coming of age.

Millicent Simmons will lead an adaptation of Sara Nović's novel about a Deaf teen coming of age.

By Dan Sheehan | July 7, 2021

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