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On Being Seen by Toni Morrison

  • Katherine D. Morgan
  • August 20, 2019
It’s never too late to read Toni Morrison for the first time.
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What to Read When You’re Afraid of Growing Up

  • Kendra Allen
  • April 5, 2019
Kendra Allen shares a reading list to celebrate her debut essay collection, WHEN YOU LEARN THE ALPHABET.
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What to Read When You Want to Read an “Uncomfortable” Book

  • Spencer Folkins
  • November 10, 2017
Authors whose works have been challenged or banned give recommendations on other "uncomfortable" books that will make you a better person for having read them.
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The Woman Behind the Curtain Pulling the Levers: Talking with Zinzi Clemmons

  • Jaime Herndon
  • October 6, 2017
Zinzi Clemmons on What We Lose, representations of blackness, and life's influences on writing.
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The Inner and Outer Self: A Conversation with Sylvia Brownrigg

  • Edie Meidav
  • September 11, 2017
Sylvia Brownrigg discusses Pages For Her and returning to its world of characters, the inner voices she heeds and those she silences, and who she imagines her readers to be.
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Making a Narrative in the Darkness: A Conversation with Samantha Hunt

  • Rumaan Alam
  • July 17, 2017
Samantha Hunt discusses her new collection, The Dark Dark, why she became a writer, and the freeing quiet of darkness.
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A Specific Kind of Loneliness: In Conversation with Geeta Kothari

  • Parul Kapur Hinzen
  • July 7, 2017
Geeta Kothari discusses her debut collection, American xenophobia, and the immigrant narrative.
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The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Jaimee Wriston Colbert

  • Christine Maul Rice
  • December 25, 2016
Life’s inequities can be cruel, but in the end we are all part of our communities; suffering though we may be, we are not alone.
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Unimaginable Situations

  • Kyle Williams
  • June 24, 2015
Literature has always functioned as a singular means of finding empathy for others in situations one might otherwise be unable to imagine. At the Huffington Post, Erika Johansen discusses the…
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Toni Morrison, Resplendent Orchid

  • Dinah Fay
  • March 18, 2015
Toni Morrison was honored at this year’s National Book Critics Circle award ceremony, and Rita Dove’s remarks capture Morrison’s ongoing legacy beautifully. Dove describes her own joy in discovering The…
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