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  • Brad Listi Thinks You Should Write as if You Were Already Dead

    The author of "Be Brief and Tell Them Everything" on curating a fictional self and the writerly desire to capture the whole world with brevity

    May 27 - Wynter K Miller
    Interviews

    An Anthology That Gives Voice to the Realities of Reproductive Freedom and Abortion

    Shelly Oria on taking an inclusive and intersectional approach to the multi-genre collection "I Know What’s Best for You"

    May 26 - Emily Heiden
    Interviews

    ​​Elif Batuman on the Tragedy of Heterosexual Dating

    The author of "Either/Or" wants to help readers question their own lives

    May 24 - Halimah Marcus
    Interviews

    Ada Limón Honors the Sacrifices of Our Ancestors

    The poet explores joy, survival, grief, and daily life in "The Hurting Kind"

    May 20 - Angela María Spring
    Interviews

    A Portrait of an Angry Young Woman Set in Contemporary India

    Naheed Phiroze Patel's novel "Mirror Made of Rain" explores female rage as a righteous response to patriarchal oppression

    May 19 - Torsa Ghosal
    Interviews

    Leo Chao Was Not A Good Man

    In “The Family Chao,” Lan Samantha Chang gives Asian American characters permission to misbehave

    May 18 - Denne Michele Norris
    Interviews Three white dim sum in a wooden bowl

    A Tibetan Saga of Survival and Resistance

    Tsering Yangzom Lama ’s novel "We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies" centers the everyday struggles of Tibetans in exile

    May 17 - Jessamine Chan
    Interviews

    Tajja Isen Incisively Separates Real Activism from Lip Service in “Some of My Best Friends”

    The author of the essay collection on how it’s easier than ever to say something while meaning nothing

    May 13 - Richa Kaul Padte
    Interviews

    How an Omani Novel Gets Translated from Arabic into English

    Author Jokha Alharthi and translator Marilyn Booth on their novel "Bitter Orange Tree"

    May 12 - Anna Learn
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