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Poet, Mystic, Warrior, Visionary: Reimagining the Life and Art of an Aztec Ruler Lost in Myth

Poet, Mystic, Warrior, Visionary: Reimagining the Life and Art of an Aztec Ruler Lost in Myth

Ilan Stavans Resurrects Nezahualcóyotl from Fragments of Fact and Fiction

By Ilan Stavans | March 27, 2025

Sabrina Imbler on the Power of Collectivity

Sabrina Imbler on the Power of Collectivity

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | March 26, 2025

Ann Powers and Alison Fensterstock on <em>How Women Made Music</em>

Ann Powers and Alison Fensterstock on How Women Made Music

in conversation with AudioFile's Jo Reed

By Behind the Mic | March 26, 2025

Fergus McIntosh: “One Wonders”

Fergus McIntosh: “One Wonders”

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | March 25, 2025

Two Ways To Tell the Same Truth: Navigating the Boundary Between Fact and Fiction

Two Ways To Tell the Same Truth: Navigating the Boundary Between Fact and Fiction

Binnie Kirshenbaum: “To write fiction takes patience and fortitude to fend off the assumptions that our novels are memoirs.”

By Binnie Kirshenbaum | March 25, 2025

The Power of Absence: How Loss Can Help Fuel a Creative Life

The Power of Absence: How Loss Can Help Fuel a Creative Life

Sanam Mahloudji: “If I didn’t feel an absence or a sense of loss, there would be no need to write.”

By Sanam Mahloudji | March 25, 2025

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On Our Problematic Obsession with First-Love Stories

By Emily Usher | March 24, 2025

Farid Matuk on Mirroring, Poetic Artifice, and Complicating Sensuality in Verse

By Literary Hub | March 24, 2025

Mai Der Vang on Generational Trauma

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 24, 2025

Lidia Yuknavitch on Shapeshifting

Lidia Yuknavitch on Shapeshifting

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By Memoir Nation | March 24, 2025

“Retribution Masquerading As Art.” Elissa Altman on the Problem with Revenge Writing

“Retribution Masquerading As Art.” Elissa Altman on the Problem with Revenge Writing

“Does it move the story forward? Does it belong in my journal?”

By Elissa Altman | March 21, 2025

A Wordless Writer: Samina Ali on How Writing a Memoir Helped Her Brain Trauma Heal

A Wordless Writer: Samina Ali on How Writing a Memoir Helped Her Brain Trauma Heal

The Author of “Pieces You’ll Never Get Back” Reflects on the Aphasia that Forever Altered Her Life and Art

By Samina Ali | March 21, 2025

Am I the Literary Asshole for Demanding More Semicolons in My Books?

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Silvia Park Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Silvia Park Is Reading Now, and Next

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Catharsis, Harpies, Harmatia, and More: Natasha Pulley on Her Favorite Greek Words

Catharsis, Harpies, Harmatia, and More: Natasha Pulley on Her Favorite Greek Words

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman on Why She Wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper”

Charlotte Perkins Gilman on Why She Wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper”

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