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Which Literary Début is True?
This classic author wouldn't overstate the story, would he?
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Holy Labor
Work histories and day jobs are things of beauty, too
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She Who Would Be President
"Love becomes our legacy"
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What's So Great about Alice Munro?
Tips for reading and enjoying the late Nobel Laureate
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She Wrote a Classic in the Laundry Room
She knew she had to write -- but how?
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People Still Buy Their Books
These two inspirational writers made markets where none existed
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She Didn't Mean to Write a Bestseller - or to Change American Minds
And this women's rights advocate definitely didn't set out to be funny.
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She Persisted
The first female columnist in America weathered a long, dark time
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The Century Plant and the Crusader
Tales of the long and short beginning
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No Niche? No Problem.
This nineteenth-century writer had a clear niche and some "viral" successes but neglected the most important question: Why?
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Growing a Newsletter Business -- in the Age of the Hanover Kings
How an 18th-century printer found a niche and made a good living writing the most successful newsletter in English history
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