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Buffy! Viet Thanh Nguyen! Andrea Long Chu! 23 new books out today.

Buffy! Viet Thanh Nguyen! Andrea Long Chu! 23 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 8, 2025

Betsy Fagin on the Undivided Self, Mystical Verse, and Reimagining Hemingway and Kerouac

Betsy Fagin on the Undivided Self, Mystical Verse, and Reimagining Hemingway and Kerouac

The Author of “Self-driving” in Conversation with Peter Mishler

By Peter Mishler | December 17, 2024

You Have to Embrace the Doubt Before You Can Claim Your Authority as a Writer

You Have to Embrace the Doubt Before You Can Claim Your Authority as a Writer

From Poet Jennifer Grotz’s Bennington MFA Commencement Speech

By Jennifer Grotz | July 20, 2023

Why Expertise Has Lost Its Luster in an Age of Populism and Chaos

Why Expertise Has Lost Its Luster in an Age of Populism and Chaos

Amanda Goodall on the Enduring Value of Experts' Opinions

By Amanda Goodall | July 19, 2023

Parenting 101: Does “Because I Said So” Ever Really Work?

Parenting 101: Does “Because I Said So” Ever Really Work?

Scott Hershovitz on Figuring Out Power and Authority with Kids

By Scott Hershovitz | May 4, 2022

You Don’t Have to Be a Veteran to Write About War

You Don’t Have to Be a Veteran to Write About War

Matt Gallagher on the Difference Between Experience and Authority

By Matt Gallagher | February 2, 2016

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