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My Child Does Not Love to Read, And I’m (Starting to Be) Okay With That
Mira Ptacin on Learning to Embrace the Differences Between Herself and Her Son
By
Mira Ptacin
| October 6, 2025
The Hard Art of Seeing Your Own Writing Through Rose-Colored Glasses
Mira Ptacin on Transforming One’s Inner Critic
By
Mira Ptacin
| July 22, 2024
Anna Noyes on How Residencies and New Routines Create New Neural Pathways (and Help You Write Better)
Mira Ptacin in Conversation with the Author of “The Blue Maiden”
By
Mira Ptacin
| May 23, 2024
Three Questions You Need to Answer as a Children’s Book Writer
Mira Ptacin on Motherhood, Jon J. Muth's “The Three Questions,” and the Value of Learning to Live Moment to Moment
By
Mira Ptacin
| March 11, 2024
Philosophy is for Everyone: A Conversation with Arianne Shahvisi
The Author of
Arguing for a Better World
Talks to Mira Ptacin About the Intersection of Philosophy and Social Justice
By
Mira Ptacin
| August 8, 2023
Don’t Boss It Around: Abigail Thomas on Writer's Block, Confronting Fear, and the Joys of Aging
The Author of
Still Life at Eighty
in Conversation with Mira Ptacin
By
Mira Ptacin
| May 15, 2023
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Books of the Week
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Anywhere
Until I Became a True Literary Citizen.” Courtney Maum on Making a Writing Career
By
Mira Ptacin
| July 18, 2022
“The Uterus and the American Dream.” Art-Making and Domestic Labor in
Bergman Island
By
Mira Ptacin
| January 21, 2022
On the Fleeting Wonder of Youth and the Surreal Permanence of Motherhood
By
Mira Ptacin
| December 9, 2021
The Woman Who Ran for President Before Women
Could Vote
Mira Ptacin on the Ambitions of Victoria Woodhull
By
Mira Ptacin
| February 10, 2021
How Harry Houdini Became the Champion of Mother's Day
Mira Ptacin on Magic, Mediums, and Mothers
By
Mira Ptacin
| May 8, 2020
Hard Truth and Deep Trauma Behind Bars
Teaching Memoir Writing to the Women of the Maine Correctional Facility
By
Mira Ptacin
| March 24, 2016
Exploring the Use of Illustrations and Artwork in Horror Novels
October 9, 2025
by
Kristin Loesch
What Fictional Violence Teaches Us About the Real Thing (and Vice Versa)
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by
Jennifer Fawcett
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by
Olivia Rutigliano
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