Send Me a Sign
At Ragdale, the author of The Great Believers receives portents that shape her books and strengthen her resolve.
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Residing in Possibility
Amid political turmoil and momentous life changes, a retreat at the Blue Mountain Center gives the author of The Archer inspiring ideas about how to be an artist—even without writing any new pages.
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Close Encounters
Foxes, llamas, and one portentous bobcat remind the author of Ninetails: Nine Tales that the artistic process can’t be planned or tamed—and that perhaps its wildness is one of the reasons we write.
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Writing a Dream Into Reality
A fortuitous residency at Jentel gives the author of Incantation: Love Poems for Battle Sites a chance to dream big and forge the first hundred pages of a new collection in just two weeks.
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The Clash of Amazon and the Indies
Ahead of this year’s Independent Bookstore Day, a look back at last year’s controversy when Amazon surprised indie stores with a sale of its own.
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Runaway
In the aftermath of his father’s death, an encounter with a literary hero at the Disquiet International Literary Program gives the author of Wyoming what he needs to write again: gratitude.
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Finding Shelter: Love Stories From the Book Tour
While promoting her book, an author collects personal stories of shelter and storm, curating an accidental anthology that demonstrates how sharing stories fosters community during a time of climate upheaval.
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Blurring the Borders in Fiction: On Mapping and Naming, Unmapping and Unnaming
A novelist explores the decision to name real places in fiction, the way maps circumscribe those places, how locales heavily defined by tourism are susceptible to those projections, and what it means to push against those expectations.
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A Lifeline From Literary Arts Fund
Seven private foundations have forged a new partnership to support literary arts organizations amidst an increasingly precarious funding landscape.
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Crime and Compassion: A Profile of T Kira Māhealani Madden
T Kira Māhealani Madden’s new novel, Whidbey, asks challenging questions about how we as a society treat and talk about both the survivors and perpetrators of sexual abuse.
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