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Literary fiction: the best-written recent releases III
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'Sometimes you want to let yourself vamp for the cheap seats': Cally Fiedorek on prose style
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Literary fiction: September's best-written recent release ^ Plus the final parts of The Demon Inside David Lynch
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Nonfiction: September's best-written recent releases III
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Nonfiction: September's best-written recent releases II
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Nonfiction: September's best-written recent release
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August 2024

The Second-Worst Thing in the History of Art
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'I have been a proud advocate of literary scuff': Travis Jeppesen on messing around with style
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Literary fiction: August's best-written recent releases II
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Literary fiction: August's best-written recent releases I
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Speculative fiction: August's best-written recent release
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'There’s a fear of great writing, of reaching for it, of calling it that': Eleanor Anstruther on prose style
Detailed discussion of writing and editing from the author of A Memoir in 65 Postcards ^ Plus Part 37 of The Demon Inside David Lynch
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