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May 29, 2025  By Emily Temple   Posted In  Design  Features  News and Culture 
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My Workshop Friend Stole the Plot for a Story I Never Got Around to Writing: Am I the Asshole?

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May 29, 2025  By Kristen Arnett   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Features  Humor 
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The Likability Trap: Why We Need More “Nasty” Female Protagonists

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May 29, 2025  By Laura Leffler   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features 
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On Morals, Ethics, and Writing a Novel Inspired by a Story Ripped-From-the-Headlines

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May 29, 2025  By Darrow Farr   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism 
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Nothing is Promised: What Our Current Fragile Peace Reveals About the Forces of History

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May 29, 2025  By Askold Melnyczuk   Posted In  Features  History  Memoir  News and Culture 
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May 29, 2025  By Lit Hub Excerpts   Posted In  Daily Fiction  Excerpts  Fiction and Poetry  From the Novel  Novels 
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When the Sequoias Burn: Inside the Making of a California Megafire

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May 28, 2025  By Jordan Thomas   Posted In  Climate Change  Features  Nature  News and Culture 
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How the Brothers Grimm Became Martyrs to Academic Freedom

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