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A Personal Tale of #MeToo in Kid Lit
Author Bethany Hagen speaks out about being sexually harassed by a major figure in YA literature.
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Let’s Stop Writing Books About 'Girls'
A college writing teacher questions the abundance of books with the word 'girl' in their titles.
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On Writing What You Know
An editor and writer talks about the pitfalls of creating fiction from fact.
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On Cowardice in Publishing
A writer struggles to sell her memoir about incest.
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Playing the Name Game in Fiction
A mystery writer contemplates what’s in a character’s name.
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A Memorable (and Fuzzy) Encounter with Mickey Spillane
An author recalls an interview he conducted with Mickey Spillane, who would have been 100 years old this month.
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A Novelist's Poetic License With the Past
An author contemplates the obligation to be historically accurate when writing a novel.
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Are Dystopian Novels Here to Stay?
An author thanks YA readers for the continuing popularity of the dystopian novel.
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A Test of a Publisher's Purpose
A publisher and an editor from Beacon Press recount the house’s struggle to release the Pentagon Papers in book form.
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Books Still Matter in the Age of Tech
Silicon Valley entrepreneur Andrew Keen speaks out about the future of the book business.
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