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Brittany Ackerman 2/20/25 Brittany Ackerman 2/20/25 Cynthia Weiner: On the Long Run of a Writing Career, The Art of Invulnerability, and Capturing a Character’s Psychology in Her Debut Novel ‘A Gorgeous Excitement’ Read More
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Anna Mantzaris 12/10/24 Anna Mantzaris 12/10/24 Jeff Alessandrelli and Anna Mantzaris: On Novelistic Citations, Embracing the Limitation of One’s Talent, and Their Books ‘And Yet’ and ‘Occupations’ Read More
Erica Abbott 12/5/24 Erica Abbott 12/5/24 Brittany Rogers: On Embracing Extravagance, Libraries as Safe Spaces, and Her Debut Poetry Collection ‘Good Dress’ Read More
Brittany Ackerman 12/3/24 Brittany Ackerman 12/3/24 Stephanie Anderson: On the Conversation Around Conservation, Keeping the Reader Close, and Her Book ‘From the Ground Up: The Women Revolutionizing Regenerative Agriculture’ Read More
Barrie Miskin 11/28/24 Barrie Miskin 11/28/24 Sarah LaBrie: On Understanding the Truth in Layers, Looking the Past Square in the Face, and Her Memoir ‘No One Gets To Fall Apart’ Read More
Corinne Cordasco-Pak 11/26/24 Corinne Cordasco-Pak 11/26/24 Marguerite Sheffer: On Rejection, Experimentation, the Power of Short Stories, and Her Debut Collection ‘The Man in the Banana Trees’ Read More
Judith Turner-Yamamoto 11/21/24 Judith Turner-Yamamoto 11/21/24 Kerri Schlottman: On Cultivating Resilience, Reclaiming Creative Control, and Her Novel ‘Tell Me One Thing’ Read More
Brittany Ackerman 11/19/24 Brittany Ackerman 11/19/24 Didi Jackson: On Love Stories, Migraines, Being Ever-Present on the Page, and Her Poetry Collection ‘My Infinity’ Read More
Scott Preston 11/14/24 Scott Preston 11/14/24 Julian Zabalbeascoa and Scott Preston: On Finding the Right Voice, Writing Violence, and Their Debut Novels ‘What We Tried to Bury Grows Here’ and ‘The Borrowed Hills’ Read More
