It’s official! According to science, reading fiction makes you nicer.

It’s official! According to science, reading fiction makes you nicer.

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Manic Pixie Dream Portrait: On <em>500 Days of Summer</em> and <em>Dorian Gray</em>.

Manic Pixie Dream Portrait: On 500 Days of Summer and Dorian Gray.

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We’re getting a new Douglas Stuart book, <em>Young Mungo</em>, in April 2022.

We’re getting a new Douglas Stuart book, Young Mungo, in April 2022.

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8 storytelling tips all writers could learn from the legendary Zola Twitter thread turned hit movie.

8 storytelling tips all writers could learn from the legendary Zola Twitter thread turned hit movie.

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Rachel Yoder on Navigating Chronic Pain Through Storytelling

Rachel Yoder on Navigating Chronic Pain Through Storytelling

The Author of Nightbitch Considers Writing as a Somatic Practice

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How Anthony Comstock, Enemy to Women of the Gilded Age, Attempted to Ban Contraception

How Anthony Comstock, Enemy to Women of the Gilded Age, Attempted to Ban Contraception

Hell Hath No Fury Like a Man with a Vaginal Douche Named After Him

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Emily St. John Mandel's moon colony novel, written entirely during COVID, comes out in April.

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