Ways of Remembering: A Father and Daughter Navigate Loss Together

Ways of Remembering: A Father and Daughter Navigate Loss Together

“Is this my family’s thing? The need to pin memories down, preserve them in a drawer, put a frame around them?”

By Michele Filgate | May 8, 2025

Live at the Red Ink Series: On Avoidance

Live at the Red Ink Series: On Avoidance

Featuring Sarah Thankam Mathews, Elissa Bassist, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Sari Botton, and Kayla Maiuri

By Michele Filgate | November 10, 2022

Live at the Red Ink Series: On “little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark.”

Live at the Red Ink Series: On “little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark.”

Featuring Samantha Hunt, Madhushree Ghosh, Ursula Villarreal-Moura, Annabelle Gurwitch, and Naheed Phiroze Patel

By Michele Filgate | September 6, 2022

Live at the Red Ink Series: On Writing and Dreams

Live at the Red Ink Series: On Writing and Dreams

Featuring Claire Messud, Julia May Jonas, Jean Chen Ho, Emily Maloney, and Daphne Palasi Andreades

By Michele Filgate | May 16, 2022

Dani Shapiro on Unraveling Her Family's History

Dani Shapiro on Unraveling Her Family's History

The Author of Inheritance in Conversation with Michele Filgate

By Michele Filgate | May 16, 2019

Yiyun Li, Trying to Find the Words to Grieve

Yiyun Li, Trying to Find the Words to Grieve

The Author of Where Reasons End in Conversation with Michele Filgate

By Michele Filgate | February 14, 2019

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