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COMIC: Conflicts in Literature

This smart comic by Grant Snider, which is available in his shop as a poster, breaks down the archetypal conflicts in literature… although he did leave out man vs. computerized wolf god.

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About the Author

Lincoln Michel

Lincoln Michel is the former editor-in-chief of Electric Literature and a founding editor of Gigantic. He is the co-editor of Gigantic Worlds and Tiny Crimes and the author of Upright Beasts. He teaches fiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College.

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