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Biography of a Biographer: Searching For My Father on Mark Twain’s Farm

Biography of a Biographer: Searching For My Father on Mark Twain’s Farm

“He could not imagine then that I would write in order to find him.”

By Hester Kaplan | October 16, 2025

Eli Rallo Is Totally Fine—Until She’s Not

Eli Rallo Is Totally Fine—Until She’s Not

The Author and Content Creator on Avoiding the OB-GYN, OCD Obsessions, and Pretending to Be Okay

By Eli Rallo | October 15, 2025

How Self-Satire Can Act as Catharsis

How Self-Satire Can Act as Catharsis

Sonora Jha on the Challenges of Satirizing a Character Who Reminds Her of Herself

By Sonora Jha | October 15, 2025

Finding Grim Lessons of the 20th Century (and a Little Hope) in the Writing of Maria Janion

Finding Grim Lessons of the 20th Century (and a Little Hope) in the Writing of Maria Janion

Marta Figlerowicz on an Unsung Thinker and Writer About Fascism and Nationalism

By Marta Figlerowicz | October 10, 2025

When the American Dream Goes Sideways; Or, Why I Am Not Like JD Vance

When the American Dream Goes Sideways; Or, Why I Am Not Like JD Vance

Georgiann Davis Offers Some Lessons From A Middle School Dropout

By Georgiann Davis | October 9, 2025

Living in the Shadow of Your Father’s Iconic Song

Living in the Shadow of Your Father’s Iconic Song

Sarah Curtis: “Maybe we’ve just learned what my teenage daughter does not yet fully know: that to be held to a law is often to be loved.”

By Sarah Curtis | October 9, 2025

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How Harassment at the Strip Club Prepared Me For Publishing

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What It’s Like to Live a Queer Life in the United Arab Emirates

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Gaar Adams Explores the Power of Performance in Abu Dhabi, From Concerts to Karaoke Bars

By Gaar Adams | October 3, 2025

Funeral For a Postponed Death: On Burying Argentina’s Disappeared

Funeral For a Postponed Death: On Burying Argentina’s Disappeared

Mariana Enriquez: “How beautiful cemeteries are.... Where the name and the date remain, a voice that says: I was here, now I’m gone.”

By Mariana Enriquez | October 2, 2025

What My Grandmother’s Death Folder Taught Me About Love and Duty

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Eden Royce on the Importance of Taking Care of Funerary Details in the Face of Grief

By Eden Royce | October 1, 2025

Mother Tongues: Reflections on Memory, Language, and Love in Germany

Mother Tongues: Reflections on Memory, Language, and Love in Germany

Tamar Shapiro: “I owe this book to my mother. It is not about her, and yet she is on every page.”

By Tamar Shapiro | October 1, 2025

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