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Hunger Continues After Death
Hunger Continues After Death
“Appetite” by Danielle Lazarin, recommended by Julie Buntin
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Jan 31
What is the Connection Between Storytelling and Addiction Recovery?
What is the Connection Between Storytelling and Addiction Recovery?
Tom Macher discusses writing his memoir, ‘Halfway,’ and capturing the experience of a Louisiana halfway house
Michael Deagler
Jan 31
Everything I Know About Writing a Novel I Learned from Watching British People Bake
Everything I Know About Writing a Novel I Learned from Watching British People Bake
How ‘The Great British Baking Show’ helped me push through self-doubt to finish revising my book
Becky Mandelbaum
Jan 30
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Literary Fiction Titles That Should Be Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
Literary Fiction Titles That Should Be Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
Are you trying to tell me that ‘Wolf Hall’ is NOT about werewolves?
Helena Fitzgerald
Jan 30
Is Homer’s Calypso a Feminist Icon or a Rapist?
Is Homer’s Calypso a Feminist Icon or a Rapist?
‘Odyssey’ translator Emily Wilson called her a ‘passionate model of female power,’ but not every powerful woman deserves praise
Stephanie McCarter
Jan 30
Women Don’t Get to Be Asshole Geniuses
Women Don’t Get to Be Asshole Geniuses
J.D. Salinger taught me that I should admire “art monsters,” but that as a woman, I couldn’t aspire to be one
Lindsay Lynch
Jan 29
New Short Fiction by Noy Holland
New Short Fiction by Noy Holland
In “Serengeti,” an affair, a marriage, and a desire for children collide
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Jan 29
Finding the Violence in Male Friendship
Finding the Violence in Male Friendship
Michael Nye’s debut novel, ‘All the Castles Burned,’ examines 20 years shared by two men
Adam Vitcavage
Jan 29
How Writing Filled the Void Left by Losing God
How Writing Filled the Void Left by Losing God
R.O. Kwon, author of ‘The Incendiaries’ talks about a childhood in the church and the joy-terror of novel writing
Electric Literature
Jan 26
Essays about how stories shape our lives.
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The Suffocation of a Bad Affair
The Suffocation of a Bad Affair
Danielle Dutton recommends “A Double Room” by Ann Quin
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Jan 24
On the Coming Extinction of the Great White Male
On the Coming Extinction of the Great White Male
A story by Marvin Shackelford, recommended by the Pisgah Review
Recommended Reading
Jan 17
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