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Sascha Morrell
Why is William Faulkner so difficult to read?
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Keenan Scott II
How poetry unlocked my superpowers
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Tina Yong
The rise of the "trauma essay" in college applications
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Mollie Godfrey
One of the most banned books of all time
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One of the most "dangerous" men in American history
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Jamie Bernthal
How to write the perfect crime, according to Agatha Christie
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Charita Gainey
How Phillis Wheatley captured the attention of the world
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Jim VandeHei
How to write less but say more
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9:15
Bektour Iskender
The crime-fighting power of cross-border investigative journalism
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May 2022
14:52
Cecilia Aragon
The creativity and community behind fanfiction
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4:19
Jodie Houlston-Lau
How to make a sad story funny
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Nov 2021
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How to Be a Better Human
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Feb 2021
4:47
Yen Pham
Why should you read Toni Morrison's "Beloved"?
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Jan 2021
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Emily Dickinson
What happens when you die? A poetic inquiry
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Dec 2020
14:53
Sakinah Hofler
How creative writing can help you through life's hardest moments
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Dec 2020
5:21
Soraya Field Fiorio
The rise and fall of history's first empire
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Oct 2020
3:45
Elif Shafak
If trees could speak
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Susan Lupack
The race to decode a mysterious language
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Jul 2020
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Jad Abumrad
How Dolly Parton led me to an epiphany
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Jun 2020
5:00
Rebekah Bergman
First person vs. Second person vs. Third person
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Jun 2020
14:20
Beth Ann Fennelly
How literature can help us develop empathy
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May 2020
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Laurel Braitman
The mental health benefits of storytelling for health care workers
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14:52
Sakinah Hofler
How to use creative writing to bear witness
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4:34
Soraya Field Fiorio
Who was the world's first author?
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Mar 2020
11:55
Charlie Jane Anders
Go ahead, dream about the future
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Mar 2020
4:50
Iseult Gillespie
The meaning of life according to Simone de Beauvoir
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Mar 2020
3:33
Sheila Marie Orfano
Why should you read "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan?
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Dec 2019
4:32
Theresa A. Yugar
History's "worst" nun
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Nov 2019
16:25
Lori Gottlieb
How changing your story can change your life
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Nov 2019
14:33
David Peterson
Why language is humanity's greatest invention
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Oct 2019
3:23
Aracelis Girmay
"For Estefani, Third Grade, Who Made Me A Card"
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Oct 2019
4:19
Laura Wright
Why should you read "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy?
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Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara
The myth of the Sampo— an infinite source of fortune and greed
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10:54
Jacqueline Woodson
What reading slowly taught me about writing
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Iseult Gillespie
Why should you read "Midnight's Children"?
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