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media debate • books • movies

What the National Book Awards Missed

Feature by Lorraine Berry

Big awards raise big questions: What does 'literary' mean, anyway?

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inspiration
why I write • faith • visual art

“Oihan Amatxorekin” © Mikel Garcia Idiakez; Creative Commons license
Faith in a Folder

Theme Essay by Robin L. Flanigan

The nurse's answer underscored the futility I feared: 'It’s all hocus-pocus.'

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craft
advice • teaching • interviews

Posters at School of Rock (Seattle) © Bridget Christian; Creative Commons license
The Things You Can’t Teach

TW Column by Steven Lewis

There is just something wrong with adults teaching kids how to be rockers.

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stories
fiction • memoir • writer's life

A Guy in a Metal Suicide-Box

Book Excerpt by William Least Heat-Moon

On Shakespeare’s birthday I received my first rejection: 'Perhaps your travels seem interesting to you, but to others...'

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poetry
featured poets • poetry spotlights

"Dux" © Awesome Joolie; Creative Commons license
Waterside at Mueller Lake Park

Two Poems by David Meischen

No creature wants such beauty, such attention.

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hot topics
from adoption to writerly sins...

"Loose Leaf Tea" © Brian Christiansen; Creative Commons license
Hipster Dudes of Harvard Square

Essay by Channing Rion

That’s what you need, right? Something bro-tastic at the top.

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