The Question of Identity
The daughter of poet Linda Pastan struggles with labeling herself a writer.
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One Writer's Story
A writer's childhood memories of growing up with author-parents.
My Father's Teeth
The son of Nobel laureate Saul Bellow talks about distancing himself from publishing.
Facing the Facts: A Profile of Heather Sellers
Staring down a disorder that prevents her from recognizing faces offers ample material for a memoir, but Heather Sellers tackles much more in You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know.
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The Story of Dzanc Books
Contributor Jeremiah Chamberlin profiles indie innovator Dzanc Books, which in four short years has gone from a start-up to a publisher with five imprints, three literary magazines, and a list of over fifty titles.
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Beyond the Compass: A Profile of John Casey
Even before his beloved novel Spartina won the National Book Award in 1989, John Casey had written its sequel. So why was Compass Rose just published—and was it worth the wait?
The Resurrection and the Life: A Profile of Christian Wiman
With his new collection, Every Riven Thing, published this month by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, poet and Poetry editor Christian Wiman has performed a powerful imaginative act of reclamation, reconciliation, and peace that resonates both in his work and in his life.
Exalted Utterance: An Interview With Major Jackson
Moving into new poetic territory, Major Jackson, in his third collection, Holding Company, corrals the ecstatic in a ten-line form.
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The Ever After: A Profile of Darin Strauss
In a new memoir, best-selling novelist Darin Strauss tackles the tragic event that he has been forced to live with—and learn from—for more than half his life.
The Taste of Memory: A Profile of Monique Truong
In order to write Bitter in the Mouth, the long-awaited follow-up to her debut novel, The Book of Salt, Monique Truong returned to the place she'd sworn never to see again—home.
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