What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do: A Conversation with Julie Liddell Whitehead

An interview with Julie Liddell Whitehead, author of “Hurricane Baby: Stories.”

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“Stagnant and Delirious”: A Conversation with Julia Elliott

An interview with Julia Elliott, South Carolinian and author of “Hellions.”

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The Southern Summer Book Club: “Hellions”

Part two of The Southern Summer Book Club with Bradley Sides focusing on Julia Elliott’s story collection, “Hellions.”

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“Beneath the Moon and Long Dead Stars”: An Interview with Daniel Wallace

People are capable of a complicated and probably infinite range of feelings: between good and bad, happy and sad… however briefly, and however brief, these stories can take you to some of them.

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The Humanity and Humor of “Origin Stories”

At a lecture she gave recently at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the world-renowned curator Ronni Baers juxtaposed images of two self-portraits: one by Gerrit Dou and one by Rembrandt. In the former, the artist sits within a grand imaginary niche, elegantly clutching the tools of his trade. A rich woven carpet hangs to…

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Linking Grief and Joy: An Interview with Marguerite Sheffer on “The Man in the Banana Trees”

An interview with Marguerite Sheffer about her new collection “The Man in the Banana Tree.”

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“Little Ones” Blurs Lines Between Graphic Narratives and Prose

Grey Wolfe LaJoie’s debut story collection, “Little Ones,” mixes fairy tales, fables, and the bizarre for one wholly original and quite dazzling book.

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