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Debut novelist Kim Church talks about the untold stories surrounding adoption and birth mothers, Southern fiction, and the importance of finding the right voice.
What if your child said, "I didn't do that, my adolescent brain did!" And you couldn't blame him because you knew his statement made perfect sense.
Here we are, two months in, and what of our newly minted New Year’s resolutions? Have they reverted back to good intentions? If you had five tools to turn from bad habits to good ones, could you convince yourself to use them?
Susan Minot talks about spending seven years to tell a disturbing story, why writers should pursue a 'disturbing feeling' in their work, and why there's no significant difference between writing a novel or short story.
In Fractures, novelist Lamar Herrin explores the splintering effects of gas drilling both on families and on the land on which they live.
Jane Austen may have brought us into the drawing rooms, but Jo Baker, in Longbourn, lets us sneak downstairs and take a good long look at the other half of the Bennet household.
Author Madison Smartt Bell discusses writing prose like a guitarist, looking for new publishing venues and why Haiti is a spiritual crossroads worthy of study.
An interview with the author of an unusual dual biography of Tom and Ramsey Clark, a father and son who had a profound impact on American law and society.
