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AWP 2026 Takes on AI

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By David Varno 
| Publishers Weekly
While many of the panels at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs’ Conference and Bookfair, which took place in Baltimore from March 4–7, addressed the impacts of generative AI on literature, those discussions only emphasized the ways in which writing is an entirely human expression.
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Patrick Radden Keefe Hunts for Ugly Truths

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By David Varno 
| Publishers Weekly
Patrick Radden Keefe is fascinated by unsavory characters: drug lords, grifters, con artists, hustlers—people whose stories become increasingly complex in his books. “I’ve always been interested in force of personality and personal charisma,” Keefe says via Zoom from his home office outside New York City.
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Patrick Radden Keefe Hunts for Ugly Truths

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By David Varno 
| buff.ly
Patrick Radden Keefe is fascinated by unsavory characters: drug lords, grifters, con artists, hustlers—people whose stories become increasingly complex in his books. “I’ve always been interested in force of personality and personal charisma,” Keefe says via Zoom from his home office outside New York City.
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