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Five Directions Press
Nov 15, 20234 min read
Books We Loved, Nov. 2023
Books We Loved in November 2023, by Louise Clark, Melanie Jacobson, and Joan Schweighardt—plus a new release
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Five Directions Press
Oct 18, 20235 min read
Books We Loved, Oct. 2023
Books We Loved in October 2023, by Hiro Arikawa, Liane Moriarty, and Ann Patchett
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Joan Schweighardt
Sep 29, 20235 min read
Spotlight on Alison Stone
Spotlight interview with the psychotherapist, poet, and artist Alison Stone, conducted by Joan Schweighardt
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Five Directions Press
Sep 15, 20234 min read
Books We Loved, Sep. 2023
Books We Loved in September 2023, by T. C. Boyle, Alix Christie, and Beth O'Leary
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Five Directions Press
Aug 15, 20234 min read
Books We Loved, Aug. 2023
Books We Loved in August 2023, by Stephanie Cowell, Fonda Lee, and Andrew Miller
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Joan Schweighardt
Jul 29, 20236 min read
Interview with Lynn C. Miller
Spotlight interview with the author Lynn C. Miller, who has just published a short story collection, The Lost Archive
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Five Directions Press
Jul 15, 20235 min read
Books We Loved, July 2023
Books We Loved at Five Directions Press in July, by Allegra Goodman, Jennifer Savran Kelly, and Luis Alberto Urrea
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Joan Schweighardt
Jun 30, 20233 min read
The Writer's Life: Paths to Possibility
The Writer's Life: Joan Schweighardt discusses the inspiration for her characters Ben and Lola in her new novel "Under the Blue Moon"
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Five Directions Press
Jun 14, 20234 min read
Books We Loved, June 2023
Books We Loved in June, by Akwaeke Emezi, Alison Goodman, and Kate Morton—sent in by the authors of Five Directions Press
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Joan Schweighardt
May 26, 20234 min read
Spotlight on Claudia Hagadus Long
Interview with Claudia H. Long, author of Nine Tenths of the Law, Our Lying Kin, and other novels
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Five Directions Press
May 14, 20234 min read
Books We Loved, May 2023
Books We Loved in May, by Ginny Kubitz Moyer, Rebecca Makkai, and Ann Napolitano
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C. P. Lesley
Apr 28, 20235 min read
The Writer’s Life: Characters That Cooperate
With this issue of our online newsletter, we broaden our “Writing Tips” rubric to include an inside look at the writer’s life—starting...
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Five Directions Press
Apr 16, 20235 min read
Books We Loved, Apr. 2023
Books We Loved in April 2023, by Sarah Adams, C.S. Harris, and Anne Korkeakivi
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Joan Schweighardt
Mar 26, 20236 min read
Spotlight on R.D. Kardon
Written interview with R.D. Kardon, author of the Flygirl Trilogy
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Five Directions Press
Mar 15, 20236 min read
Books We Loved, Mar. 2023
Books We Loved in March 2023, by G.P. Gottlieb, Molly Greeley, and Joanna Lowell
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C. P. Lesley
Feb 28, 20237 min read
Writing Tips: Weather
When, how—and how not—to use weather to reveal character and setting in fiction
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Five Directions Press
Feb 14, 20234 min read
Books We Loved, Feb. 2023
Books we loved in February 2023, by Sophie Cousens, Maggie O'Farrell, and Sheri Cobb South
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Joan Schweighardt
Jan 31, 20233 min read
Spotlight on Chelsea Stickle
Joan Schweighardt shines a spotlight on flash fiction writer Chelsea Stickle in this month's interview.
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Five Directions Press
Jan 17, 20234 min read
Books We Loved, Jan. 2023
Books We Loved in January 2023, by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, Allison Winn Scotch, and Susan Stokes-Chapman
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C. P. Lesley
Dec 31, 20226 min read
Writing Tips: Setting the Scene
The importance of setting in a novel—so long as you don't overdo it.
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