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  1. Issue · Sep 1, 2026

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    Welcome to DC Writers Room’s Substack, the place for all things literary in the DMV. This issue features an interview with Mary G. Thompson, DCWR member and author of Precious Children.Lit Life: A Conversation with Mary G. ThompsonMary G. Thompson is the author of the sci-fi/horror novel Precious Children (Tachyon, September 1, 2026), One Level Down (Tachyon, 2025), Flicker and Mist, The Word, Wuftoom, and other novels. Her contemporary thriller Amy Chelsea Stacie Dee was a winner of the 2017 We

  2. Issue · Aug 1, 2026

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    Welcome to DC Writers Room’s Substack, the place for all things literary in the DMV. This issue features an interview with Jung Yun, author of All the World Can Hold.Lit Life: A Conversation with Jung YunJung Yun is the author of All the World Can Hold, O Beautiful, and Shelter. Her novels have been long listed for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, selected as a finalist for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, and recognized as a New York Times Editors’ Choi

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