A Reading List of Realistic Portraits of Mothers and Daughters in Literature

A Reading List of Realistic Portraits of Mothers and Daughters in Literature

Jill Talbot on the Transformative Experience of Reading Rebecca Stead, Cheryl Strayed, Durga Chew-Bose, and More

By Jill Talbot | September 1, 2023

What Does It Mean to Write after Having Children?

What Does It Mean to Write after Having Children?

Lightsey Darst on the Eternal, Fleeting Moments of New Motherhood

By Lightsey Darst | August 31, 2023

Hilary Leichter on Time and Re-Reading

Hilary Leichter on Time and Re-Reading

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review

By The Maris Review | August 31, 2023

Why the Rise of Morally Gray Women In Fiction Is Good For All of Us

Why the Rise of Morally Gray Women In Fiction Is Good For All of Us

Megan Barnard on the Deliciously Unlikable Yet Complex Female Protagonist

By Megan Barnard | August 30, 2023

Apocalypse Now: Why It’s Cathartic To Read About the End of the World

Apocalypse Now: Why It’s Cathartic To Read About the End of the World

Yume Kitasei on Reading and Writing Through Ongoing Catastrophe

By Yume Kitasei | August 30, 2023

The Real-Life Poetry of Gardening

The Real-Life Poetry of Gardening

Tess Taylor on the Ancient Genre of Garden Poems and the Connective Power of Working with Plants

By Tess Taylor | August 29, 2023

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Rebecca Carroll and Jeannine Ouellette on the Art of Memoir

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Patrick Whitmarsh on Fiction's Response to Existential Crises

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Yves Jeffcoat on the Slow Work of Writing That Centers Identity

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"I am compelled to anatomize my being."

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Jenn Shapland on Santa Fe and Fear of Cities

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Josh Cook on Taking Back the Idea of "Good Taste" from Cultural Authoritarians

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The Long, Winding, Booby-Trapped, and Occasionally Rewarding Road to Publication

The Long, Winding, Booby-Trapped, and Occasionally Rewarding Road to Publication

Lou Mathews on a Hell of a Journey

By Lou Mathews | August 23, 2023

Questioning Authority and Story: Emily Tesh, Vajra Chandrasekera, and Sophie Strand

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