Brendan Dowling Author Archive

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Te-Ping Chen on the Land of Oz, Writing as a Secret Self, and the Stray Wonderings that Inspire Her Stories

Each of the stories in Te-Ping Chen’s phenomenal debut collection, Land of Big Numbers, plunge the reader into the often […]

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Mateo Askaripour on Mob Movies, James Baldwin, and the Book that Gave Him Permission to Not Hold Back

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Deborah Reed on Creative Pilgrimages, Earthquakes, and Being Surrounded By Stories

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Darin Strauss on Merging Memoir and Fiction in his Incredible New Novel

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Todd Snyder on the Poet Laureate of Muhammad Ali’s Corner

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Anne Helen Peterson on Structural Solutions to Tackle Millennial Burnout

“This is a Tour of My Brain and My Heart” — Meredith Hall on her Magnificent New Novel

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Nancy Pearl on How Reading Informs the Person That You Are

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Magdalena Newman on Kindness Momentums and Her Aha Moment

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“I Had Grown Too Big to Shrink”: Tiffany D. Cross on her Journey from the Control Room to the Green Room

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David Nicholls on the Fond Embarrassment of First Love and Community Theater

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Sameer Pandya on Digging into the Everyday Lives of Characters and Opening Up the Campus Novel

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Diane Cardwell on Surfing, Falling Over and Over Again, and the Danger of Saving Yourself for a Future that Never Comes

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Gerard Koeppel on the Clash of Cultures that Turned Deadly on the High Seas

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Ivy Pochoda on Emotionally Resonant Endings and the Character Who Broke Her Book Open

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“Exploring Innocence in its Many Forms” — A Conversation with Steph Cha

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Veronica Roth on Reluctant Heroes and Doing What the Book Demands

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Ibram Kendi on Transforming Oneself to Transform Society

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Kent Garrett on Meeting Malcolm X and His Eye-Opening Time at Harvard

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“I Believe the Proverbial Arc is Bending Towards Justice; It’s Just Going to Need a Lot of Support”—Mimi Lemay on her Memoir

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Karen McManus on Thorny Sibling Relationships, Gender Stereotypes, and Teenagers with Main Character Potential

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Shannon Pufahl on Luck, the Social Avant-Garde, and the “Interesting Fictional Problem” at the Heart of Her New Novel

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“The World Looks More Fragile Than It Did When I Was Younger”—A Conversation with Paul Theroux

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“Birds are the Messengers for Me”—A Conversation with Julie Zickefoose

Eric Lichtblau

“Just Incredible Chutzpah”—Eric Lichtblau on the Real-Life Hero at the Heart of His New Book

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