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    Jami Attenberg, author of the writer's guide "1000 Words," is making the literary world more accessible

    Jan 19 - Abby Manzella
    Interviews A woman in a red cardigan and gray shirt writes in an empty notebook

    The Fight for Freedom Starts With How We Treat Ourselves and Others

    KB Brookins' poetry collection "Freedom House" is a manifesto and rallying call for Black trans liberation

    Jan 18 - Joss Lake
    Interviews

    Annie Liontas on “Sex With a Brain Injury”

    Her memoir-in-essays explores addiction, queerness, incarceration, and invisible disabilities

    Jan 16 - Emma Copley Eisenberg
    Interviews

    The Real Cost of a Family Business

    Amy Jo Burns discusses her novel "Mercury," working-class family dynamics, and what legacy means for women

    Jan 11 - Sam Dilling
    Interviews

    The Physical and Invisible Walls that Determine the Lives of Palestinians

    Nathan Thrall wrote a book about a Palestinian father’s byzantine journey to Jerusalem, and then October 7th happened

    Jan 5 - Shane Burley
    Interviews

    An Undocumented Farmworker’s Quest for Happiness in Europe 

    Celina Baljeet Basra’s debut novel, "Happy", at once fulfills and tragically subverts the promise of its title

    Jan 3 - Pritika Pradhan
    Interviews

    In “The Storm We Made,” A Malayan Housewife Becomes a Spy During WWII

    Vanessa Chan's novel illuminates the brutality of the Japanese occupation and the fraught intimacies between colonizers and the colonized

    Jan 2 - Gina Chung
    Interviews

    Naomi Alderman Imagines a Dystopian Future Controlled by Technology

    The novelist on trust, power toxicity, and her advice for Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg

    Dec 22 - Jacqueline Alnes
    Interviews Two Greek statues, one woman and one man, face each other while wearing VR goggles

    Going Back in Time to Relive the Ending of an Intense High School Friendship

    James Frankie Thomas talks about his debut novel "Idlewild" and the teenage friendships that shape the rest of our lives

    Dec 21 - Jacqueline Alnes
    Interviews

    Anna Biller on How the Gothic Gives Voice to Women’s Pleasure—and Pain

    Her novel "Bluebeard's Castle" is a feminist reinvention of the French fairytale in the modern day

    Dec 20 - Chelsea Davis
    Interviews

    Palestinian Poets on the Role of Literature in Fighting Genocide

    Summer Farah, Samah Fadil, Priscilla Wathington, and Rasha Abdulhadi discuss countering Zionist propaganda and mobilizing art into action

    Dec 14 - Summer Farah
    Interviews

    Nathan Hill Thinks the Stories We Consume Impact Us More Than Juice Cleanses

    His new novel "Wellness" skewers the illusion of self-optimization

    Dec 12 - Jacqueline Alnes
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