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Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion?
Johan Harstad, Translated by Deborah Dawkin
"Not everybody wants to be head of a corporation. Not everybody wants to be among the top sports personalities of their country, to sit on various committees, not everybody wants the best lawyers on their team, not everybody wants to wake up in the morning to jubilation or catastrophe in the headlines."
Gaze Upon These Heroic (and Very Good) Space Dogs!
The Soviet Space Dogs Who Boldly Went Where They Were Told to Go
Turbulence
David Szalay
“My gardener,” Ursula said. “You remember my gardener—Shamgar?” “Yes,” Miri said. “Sort of.” “I think he might be gay.” “Yeah? Why?” Ursula laughed. “I think he might be having some sort of affair with the man who works next door.” “Good for him,” Miri said. She didn’t seem very interested—her mind seemed elsewhere.
A Poet and a Novelist Discuss the Literary Allure of Outer Space
Gale Marie Thompson and Zach Powers Get Spacey
On the Human Spaceflight Program That Made Apollo Possible
Gemini: Fine-Tuning the Techniques to Send People to the Moon
Writing Through Extreme Grief Helped Me Become Myself Again
Margaret Renkl on the Unexpected Catalyst for Writing Her First Book
See Paul Schweitzer for All Your Typewriter Needs
The Owner of Gramercy Typewriters on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan
At D.C.’s Newest Book Store, the Best Customers are Toddlers
Interview with a Bookstore: Solid State Books
40 Writer’s Writers Whomst Readers Should Read
(But what about all the writer's writer's writer's writer's?)
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