In the small town where I grew up, I was strange and lonely. Books were my solution. The page was the easiest place to name...
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Required Reading
This year, Girls Write Now is counting. A mentorship program that pairs established writers with teenage girls from underprivileged areas and underserved schools in New...

Some Questions About Empathy and Reading
First Questions: The Limits of Empathy I taught two creative writing courses as a graduate student. My undergraduates wanted answers and rules, and instead I...

Editor’s Corner #11: Kirby Johnson, Sophie Rosenblum & Elizabeth Wade for NANO Fiction
Welcome (back!) to Editor’s Corner, a VIDAWeb feature in which editors and publishers explore complex issues regarding sex, gender, race and sexuality as they relate to...
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