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Sibling Duos, Trios, Quartets, and More: Nine Stories and Folktales Featuring Sisters

Sibling Duos, Trios, Quartets, and More: Nine Stories and Folktales Featuring Sisters

Fran Littlewood Recommends Alison Espach, Katherine Mansfield, the Brothers Grimm, and Others

By Fran Littlewood | June 24, 2025

Writing With Four Hands: Anne and Claire Berest on Writing a Novel Together as Sisters

Writing With Four Hands: Anne and Claire Berest on Writing a Novel Together as Sisters

A Conversation Between the Authors of “Gabriële” (As Translated by Michael Reynolds)

By Literary Hub | April 23, 2025

Somaia Abu Nada Remembers Her Slain Sister, Heba Abu Nada, Palestinian Poet and Novelist

Somaia Abu Nada Remembers Her Slain Sister, Heba Abu Nada, Palestinian Poet and Novelist

“Everything genuine reminds me of you, Heba.”

By Somaia Abunada | October 21, 2024

Maira Kalman on Losing a Sister to Forced Separation

Maira Kalman on Losing a Sister to Forced Separation

“How could she be expected to overcome the sorrow of being sent away from the family?”

By Maira Kalman | October 15, 2024

Drifters, Searchers and Observers: In Praise of Quietly Unlikable Women

Drifters, Searchers and Observers: In Praise of Quietly Unlikable Women

Mesha Maren on the Sisters of Longing Who Inspire Her Work

By Mesha Maren | May 21, 2024

Sisterhood of the Traveling Stories: On the Literature of Fictional Sisters

Sisterhood of the Traveling Stories: On the Literature of Fictional Sisters

Kimberly King Parsons Recommends Ruth Madievsky, Cecily Wong, Vauhini Vara, and More

By Kimberly King Parsons | May 15, 2024

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Betsy Bonner Tracks the Ghost of Her Sister's Life

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Sisters

Sisters

Daisy Johnson

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 28, 2020

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