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What Writing About Trauma Can Do

May 07, 2018

Book Excerpt by Jen Cross

An experience of trauma—either long-term or instantaneous—rocks us out of our familiar relationship with words.

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Author Talk: Julie Wittes Schlack

Dec 27, 2017

Video Interview by Elizabeth McShane

'Beacons' was more autobiographical than most of the fiction I do.

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Kathleen Spivack: Shaping What You Write

Oct 02, 2017

TW Interview by Jennifer Jean

You really have to swim down into yourself when you’re writing, which is why people confuse it all with mental illness.

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Twelve Tips for Living in the South

Sep 18, 2017

Feature by Allison Futterman

I’ve learned to live among the blooming trees, Sunday church traffic, and love of bacon.

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Eight Novels to Prepare You for the End of Civilization

Mar 20, 2017

Feature by Tim Weed

If you’re stocking the shelves of your survival shelter, don’t forget to throw in a few gripping novels.

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