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“Where You From?“ The Problem With Shortcuts in Writing Place in Fiction

“Where You From?“ The Problem With Shortcuts in Writing Place in Fiction

Brett Biebel on the Role of Geography in Creating Character

By Brett Biebel | July 2, 2021

Theodore R. Johnson on Racism’s Existential Threat to the Promise of America

Theodore R. Johnson on Racism’s Existential Threat to the Promise of America

What Racial Hierarchy and Segregation Do to the Soul of a Nation

By Theodore R. Johnson | July 2, 2021

Beauty After Brutality: On Healing and Reclaiming My Existence in the Wake of Racial Trauma

Beauty After Brutality: On Healing and Reclaiming My Existence in the Wake of Racial Trauma

Anita Sethi Takes a Journey of Self-Discovery Through the Pennines

By Anita Sethi | July 2, 2021

On the FDA’s Shocking Approval of Anti-Alzheimer’s Drug Aducanumab

On the FDA’s Shocking Approval of Anti-Alzheimer’s Drug Aducanumab

This Week from the Radio Open Source Podcast
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When Disability Rights Activists Staged a 25-Day Sit-in at a Government Building (Alongside the Black Panthers)

When Disability Rights Activists Staged a 25-Day Sit-in at a Government Building (Alongside the Black Panthers)

Judith Heumann and Kristen Joiner Recount a History-Making Protest

By Judith Heumann and Kristen Joiner | July 2, 2021

Anna Solomon on Overcoming Her Inner Editor While Writing

Anna Solomon on Overcoming Her Inner Editor While Writing

"The trouble is, my editor self knows a lot more than she used to."

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Here are the dark and twisty nominees for the 2020 Shirley Jackson Awards.

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The Hollywood flame still burns for mega-hyped debut novel <em>City on Fire</em>.

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The Hard Intimacies of COVID-19: Documenting a Pandemic Year

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Gone With a Splash

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Hepburn and Grant: On the Funniest Comedy—and Comedic Heroine—of Hollywood’s Golden Age

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Jason Guriel Reconsiders Bringing Up Baby As It Heads to the Criterion Collection

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Eula Biss on the Wild Machismo of Prince in <em>Purple Rain</em>

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