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    A Writer Confronts the South’s Tradition of Racist Terror

    A Writer Confronts the South’s Tradition of Racist Terror

    Or, why I was afraid to bring my daughter to Alabama

    By Ousmane Power-Green | October 25, 2022

    The Story of the Nail, or The Birth of a Writer

    The Story of the Nail, or The Birth of a Writer

    "No one needs this story. It’s only important to me."

    By Zhang Yueran | October 20, 2022

    <em>Gossip Girl</em>, But Make It a Thriller

    Gossip Girl, But Make It a Thriller

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    By Ann Liang | October 19, 2022

    A Doctor, A Deduction, and A Death Averted

    A Doctor, A Deduction, and A Death Averted

    How doctor and writer Simon Stephenson's love for Sherlock Holmes helped him save his mother's life.

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    Dead Men Do Talk Back: Taking Inspiration from the Film

    Dead Men Do Talk Back: Taking Inspiration from the Film "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir"

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    Briana Cole on Sex, Psychological Thrillers, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves

    Briana Cole on Sex, Psychological Thrillers, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves

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    Using Fear to Fuel My Fiction

    Amy Christine Parker on the creative impact of fear on a fertile imagination.

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    Isaac Blum on Writing a Young Adult Novel to Respond to Antisemitic Violence

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