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Does Any of This Matter? Am I the Literary Asshole?

Does Any of This Matter? Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | February 6, 2025

Word Are Deeds: Rebecca Solnit the Power of Speech to Shape the Future

Word Are Deeds: Rebecca Solnit the Power of Speech to Shape the Future

“Your opponents would love you to believe that it’s hopeless, that you have no power.”

By Rebecca Solnit | July 3, 2024

It Was the Worst of Times. Truly.

It Was the Worst of Times. Truly.

Andrew Keen on the Rise of the Miserables

By Andrew Keen | October 14, 2022

You Are Not Your Pain: On Depression, Self-Sabotage, and Emotional Resilience

You Are Not Your Pain: On Depression, Self-Sabotage, and Emotional Resilience

Matt Haig Considers the Downfalls of Binary Thinking

By Matt Haig | July 6, 2021

Richard Flanagan: What the Writer Needs is a Mad Courage

Richard Flanagan: What the Writer Needs is a Mad Courage

The Living Sea of Waking Dreams">The Booker Prize Winner Talks About Writing
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams

By Cherilyn Parsons | June 1, 2021

How to write about a 4-year-old poet’s book deal without getting sad.

How to write about a 4-year-old poet’s book deal without getting sad.

By Jonny Diamond | July 22, 2020

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David Ulin on the Broken Politics of Rage

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By Anthony Audi | March 22, 2017

Stephen Karam on Pain, Despair, and the Enduring Power of Great Writing

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Paul Holdengraber in Conversation with the Celebrated Playwright

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Cohen Dies, Trump Wins, and We Will Sing About These Dark Times

Cohen Dies, Trump Wins, and We Will Sing About These Dark Times

Summer Brennan Discovers Solidarity Amid Despair

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Consider Your Neighbors (All Over the Country)

Consider Your Neighbors (All Over the Country)

Jami Attenberg on Finding Empathy Across the Backyard Fence

By Jami Attenberg | November 14, 2016

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