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Patrick Ryan on the Secrets of the Omniscient Narrator
“I was the narrator’s manager, maybe. I was the narrator’s life coach. But I wasn’t the narrator.”
How Writing in Community Can Forge Friendships and Evoke Change
Beverly Gologorsky on Her Friendship with Fellow Writer Jane Lazarre and the Mentorship of a Writer’s Group
Why Helen Garner Embedded With Her Grandson’s Footy Club
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The (Almost) Wildness of Elizabeth Bennet
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