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When My Authentic is Your Exotic

When My Authentic is Your Exotic

Soniah Kamal Considers Whether Or Not To Have a Mango in Her Novel

By Soniah Kamal | May 23, 2016

Reading the Literary City

Reading the Literary City

How Urban Spaces Shape the Books We Read

By Tobias Carroll | May 20, 2016

10 Works of Fiction to Better Understand Brazil

10 Works of Fiction to Better Understand Brazil

A Country in Crisis, and Its Vital Literature

By Francesca Angiolillo | May 18, 2016

The Rise of the Chinese Hipster

The Rise of the Chinese Hipster

On a Generation Wenqing, aka "Cultured Youth"

By Rob Schmitz | May 17, 2016

No One is Writing the Real West Virginia

No One is Writing the Real West Virginia

Why Rural Lives and Literature are in Crisis

By Matthew Neill Null | May 9, 2016

Matthew Griffin: Notes from My Book Tour

Matthew Griffin: Notes from My Book Tour

In Which the Author Gapes at Former Bachelor Jake Pavelka and Discovers an Ancient Twig House

By Matthew Griffin | May 5, 2016

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Why I Became a Travel Writer

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