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Supermarket Mittelschmerz
Max WinterIn this essay, author Max Winter (Exes) reflects on his mother’s career as a painter, why she inexplicably stopped painting when he was...
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The Invention of the Self Is Another Kind of Fiction
Krys LeeOnce there was a child who hid from her father. She imagined him with blades for hands, she saw herself as strung on a leash that he owned.
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Appreciating Tillie Olsen
Katherine ArnoldiOn the publication of Tell Me a Riddle, Requa 1 and Other Works, Katherine Arnoldi reflects on the revered author, Tillie Olsen.
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On Alice Munro
Roxana RobinsonRoxana Robinson, the author of such works as Sweetwater and Sparta, writes an appreciation of the masterful short story writer Alice Munro.
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Four Surprising Influences on We Love You, Charlie Freeman
Kaitlyn GreenidgeWe asked First Novel Prize finalist Kaitlyn Greenidge to talk about some of the unusual influences behind her fantastic novel We Love You, Charlie Freeman
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Ha Jin on Literature and Evil
Ha JinAt the 2012 AWP conference, The Center for Fiction hosted a panel Literature and Evil with Ha Jin, Marilynne Robinson and Paul Harding, moderated...
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That's My Story and I'm (Probabilistically) Sticking to It
Liam DurcanThe man kept on talking and talking, telling me about the cat that was brushing up against his right thigh at that very moment
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What Was It You Wanted?
Tom PiazzaI like spending time with the writers I like. I don’t like reading authors I don’t like.
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On Mind & Meaning
Dexter PalmerThe pattern of my conversation with strangers at parties changed in two ways after I published a novel. The first, and the less common of the...
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Remembering John Updike
Roxana RobinsonThe author of Sparta looks back at one of her literary mentors.