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Close Encounters of the Literary Kind
Rachel Cohen on process, divining a book idea, and how to keep up your confidence as a new writer.
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Ruth Franklin
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March 2024

Israeli/Palestinian reading group: To the End of the Land
Hello, friends! Thank you for joining me here. The aim of this project is to examine the Israeli/Palestinian conflict through the lens of litera…
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Enemies, a love story
Can you continue a friendship with someone whose politics you find immoral or unethical?
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Ruth Franklin
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February 2024

Erased from history
Why testimonies by male Holocaust writers can't tell the full story.
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Ruth Franklin
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January 2024

How I set writing resolutions
Three goals to keep your writing moving forward.
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Ruth Franklin
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December 2023

Israeli/Palestinian reading group: start here!
Hello, friends! Thank you for joining me in this experiment. This thread is for the discussion of MINOR DETAIL by Adania Shibli. If you’re still…
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Stories for living
Let's read Israeli and Palestinian authors together.
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Ruth Franklin
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November 2023

Art in dark times
With a war going on, how can we read fiction? And how can we not?
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Ruth Franklin
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October 2023

How the literary sausage gets made
The anatomy of a New Yorker book review, from idea to finished product.
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Ruth Franklin
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September 2023

In a different voice
On "Fast Car" and cultural appropriation.
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Ruth Franklin
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August 2023

Time passing
On letting work happen according to its own schedule.
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Ruth Franklin
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July 2023

Finished! (For now)
On "living in the unknown" while writing a book.
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Ruth Franklin
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