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Art Imitates Testimony: On the Real-Life Inspiration For Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Susanna Ashton Chronicles the Journey Behind Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Abolitionist Classic
Pride, Prejudice, Sex, and Drugs: How Jane Austen Helped Me Write a Profane Novel
Sarah Seltzer on Crafting Round Characters, Austen’s Literary Bad Behavior, and Being a Janeite
Whose Family Values? On Republicans’ Hypocritical Embrace of Donald Trump
Brian Tyler Cohen Exposes the Lie Behind the Party’s Claims to Moral Superiority
Can Computers Create? A Short History of Mechanized Artistic Ambition
Mark Graham, Callum Cant and James Muldoon Consider the Creative Possibilities and Limits of Artificial Intelligence
Ava Nathaniel Winter on Poetic Embodiment, Queerness in Judaism, and Finding Art in the Disturbing
In Conversation with the Author of “Transgenesis”
Javier Zamora and Susan Kiyo Ito on Writing the Story You Have to Write
From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Featuring New Titles by Helen Phillips, Eliza Griswold, Jane Alison, and More
Bringing Felice Bauer to Life in Magdaléna Platzová’s Life After Kafka
Alex Zucker on the Importance of Style and Voice in Literary Translation
Do Dolphins Give Each Other… Names?
Arik Kershenbaum on What It Means When Dolphins Whistle To Each Other
Flynn Berry on an Underrated Tool for Character Development: Grocery Shopping
“I need to know if my character shops for convenience or comfort. If she’s buying ingredients for elaborate recipes, or frozen ready-meals.”
An Indian Journalist on the Hit List: Investigating the Shocking Assassination of Gauri Lankesh
Rollo Romig on Bangalore, Spiritually Sanctioned Murder, and the Self-Delusions of India's Police Force
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