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Now Featuring: Nance Van Winckel

 "I've noticed when I read things, if I read something humorous first and then I read a sad thing, the sad gets much sadder—probably because you weren't expecting it. It's because you went from an UP place into some down deep place. That's the only way I know how to make emotionality work. I know I'm writing emotional stuff when I'm crying as I'm writing. this is a test. And I can't tell you how often that happens. But I know I'm in a good place then. I know I'm hitting that nerve."

Available now in Willow Springs 93!

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Michael Jaime

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melissa kwasny

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Larry Heinemann

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Kirsten Lunstrum

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Joseph Millar

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David Huddle

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Christopher Buckley

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Ann Pancake

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Nance Van Winckle Headshot

Issue 93: Nance Van Winckel

Brandon Hobson

Issue 92: Molly Giles

Brandon Hobson

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Goldbarth

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Ada Limón

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Kevin McIlvoy

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Alexis Trice

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Ramona Ausubel

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D. Nurkse

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Rebecca Brown

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Maggie Smith

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Kim Barnes

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Issue 81: Dan Chaon

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Gary Copeland Lilley

Issue 81: A Conversation with Gary Copeland Lilley

Paisley Rekdal

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Laura Kasischke

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Emily ST. John Mandel

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D.A. Powell

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Kim Addonizio

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William T. Vollmann

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Cate Marvin

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Andre Dubus

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Major Jackson

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Joyce Carol Oates

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Susan Orlean

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Steve Almond

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Erin Belieu

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Blake Butler

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Tim O’Brien

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Robert Lopez

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Matthew Dickman

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Richard Russo

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Prageeta Sharma

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Jess Walter

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Charles Baxter

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Mark Childress

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Dorianne Laux

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