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    By Julie Otsuka  August 8, 2023
    Keen On

    Brooke Kroeger on How Fearless Women Changed American Journalism

    By Keen On  August 8, 2023
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    Jaroslaw Anders on Why People Are Turning Against Democracy

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    The Hub

    Meghan and Harry have apparently bought the film rights to a traumatic romance novel.

    By Janet Manley  August 7, 2023
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    Exclusive: See the cover for January Gill O’Neil’s Glitter Road.

    By Literary Hub  August 7, 2023
    Motherhood

    “Writing happens when it happens”: On Balancing Motherhood and Being an Author

    By Prudence Peiffer  August 7, 2023
    Sci-Fi

    How Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs Created a New Kind of Fiction

    By Joshua Glenn  August 7, 2023
    Inspiration

    Black Boy and Me: How Richard Wright Inspired Omer Aziz

    By Omer Aziz  August 7, 2023
    World War I

    How the Start of World War I Changed an American Heiress’s Life Forever

    By Janet Wallach  August 7, 2023
    Vamps

    How Casting Helen of Troy Becomes an Exercise in Female Power

    By Ruby Blondell  August 7, 2023
    Emergence Magazine

    When the Earth Started to Sing

    By Emergence Magazine  August 7, 2023
    Keen On

    Douglas Rushkoff on Re-Occupying Reality

    By Keen On  August 7, 2023
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    Luke Nichter on The Year That Broke Politics: 1968

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    The Hub

    How Oprah changed Joyce Carol Oates’ life.

    By Janet Manley  August 4, 2023
    The Hub

    Just for funsies, Michael Chabon built a replica of the SFF section of his childhood bookstore.

    By Dan Sheehan  August 4, 2023
    The Hub

    Lin-Manuel Miranda’s next musical is an adaptation of The Warriors.

    By Emily Temple  August 4, 2023
    Chefs

    Skill Plus Inspiration: Wylie Dufresne Offers His Recipe for Becoming a Chef

    By Wylie Dufresne  August 4, 2023
    What to Watch

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    By Adrian Tomine  August 4, 2023
    On Reading

    On Being a Writer and a Mother to Children Who Don’t Love to Read

    By Aimie K. Runyan  August 4, 2023
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    The Ineffable Romance of Good Omens… Four Years, One Pandemic, and Two Hollywood Strikes Later

    By Alexis Gunderson  August 4, 2023
    The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

    Campbell McGrath on Reading Poetry Aloud

    By The Literary Life  August 4, 2023
    The Hub

    “You must change your life.” The Sealey Challenge can help.

    By Tyler Meier  August 3, 2023
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    Exclusive: See the cover for Uche Okonkwo’s A Kind of Madness.

    By Literary Hub  August 3, 2023
    Anniversaries

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    By Tamara Saade  August 3, 2023
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