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Literature, Culture & Arts | Estd. 2022

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    • The Many Lives of Atlas A (Special Issue, January 2026, Web Edition)
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    • Issue 4 (April 2025)
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    • Issue 3 (April 2024)
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  • Weekly Features
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  • Craft - Weekly Features

    Unlikable Characters: Understanding the Appeal and Building Empathy

    23 November 2025

    Sabyasachi Roy — Excerpt: Unlikable characters are a breath of fresh, if slightly toxic, air, in a world full of flawless Instagram influencers and squeaky-clean heroes.

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    You Are Worthy

    16 February 2025

    Elaine Nadal — Excerpt: A writer must also find adventures in the real world.

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    I wish to write a poem

    16 February 2025

    Sarang Bhand — Excerpt: It cleared something for me and mulling restlessly overnight, I had this whim and urge to write and so ended up writing this.

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  • Craft - Culture - Literature - Sports - Weekly Features

    The Sports Writing Voice That Has Stuck with Me the Most: Maya Angelou’s “Champion of the World”

    29 December 2024

    Matthew Johnson — Excerpt: Angelou is not just telling the play-by-play of an ordinary sporting event; she invites her readers to experience it.

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  • Craft - Weekly Features

    Writing through Disenfranchised Grief

    1 December 2024

    Marie Cloutier — Excerpt: I purchased a notebook and a pen and thought how I might fill the book.

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The Many Lives of Atlas A, Special Issue, January 2026, Web Edition

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