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“She’s Bouncing the Ball!” On the Uncanny Way Octopuses Play
David Toomey on the Intelligent and Curious Nature of Our Favorite Cephalopods
30 New Books Critics Think You Should Read Right Now
NBCC Board Members Review This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists
How Translating a Novel About Emily Dickinson Got Rhonda Mullins Through the Pandemic
On Dominique Fortier's “Pale Shadows,” the Frictionlessness of Death, and More
Writer, Woman, Playwright, Spy: How Espionage Influenced Aphra Behn’s Writing
Valorie Castellanos Clark on the Covert Quests of the First Woman to Make a Living Writing in English
How Lew Alcindor Became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Scott Howard-Cooper on the Early Years of a Future Basketball Icon
Between Assimilation and Authenticity: On Navigating Discourses Around Asian American Literary Identity
Laura Chow Reeve Considers Her Great Aunt Virginia Lee's Novel, “The House That Tai Ming Built”
Francophone, Anglophone… Cameroonian? Musih Tedji Xaviere on Telling the Story of Her Country’s Struggles
"I realized I didn't care anymore about my fears, the object of my limitations."
Celebrating 1500 Episodes of Behind the Mic with Robin Whitten
In conversation with Jo Reed on Behind the Mic
Téa Obreht on How She Found The Morningside
In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast
Lissa Soep on Other People’s Words
From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner
Sacrifice and Obedience: Marilynne Robinson on the Timeless Tale of Abraham and Isaac
Considering the Narrative Underpinnings of the Book of Genesis
On the Missed Crimean Connection Between Leo Tolstoy and Florence Nightingale
Melissa Pritchard Explores the Parallel Lives of the Russian Literary Giant and the Founder of Modern Nursing
Not Just Covers, But Every Page: Why Writers Should Talk About Book Design Early On
Debbie Berne on the Intricacies of Literary Interior Design
Fashionably Old: Lyn Slater on Aging With Attitude
“It’s time to write a new story, to reuse in imaginative ways garments that already hang in my closet.”
“I Won’t Kill It. I’ll Just Surprise It.” Corey Sobel on the Impact of Writing Physical Action
How Willa Cather Uses Physical Details in Service to Emotional Ends
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