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A Heartfelt Gift
A personal essay by Jessica Shannon.
Jessica ShannonAugust 20262 min
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Jessica Shannon on The Sum of Grief
A conversation with Jessica Shannon, author of The Sum of Grief.
Interview · 2 min
Essay
May We Live in Interesting Times
On faith, doubt, and writing a novel about miracles in an age when we need them most.
Stephen Hayes · 3 min
Five Questions
Stephen Hayes on Faith, Doubt, and the Mystery of the Mary Celeste
The author of Return of the Mary Celeste on why a nineteenth-century ghost ship still speaks to our search for meaning.
Interview · 2 min
Nonfiction
The Reading Fee Debate: Are Literary Journals Exploiting Writers?
Three dollars doesn't sound like much. And yet the reading fee has become one of the most contested issues in contemporary literary publishing—a flashpoint for arguments about who gets to write, who profits from aspiration.
Kay · 10 min
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