From Rock Star to Writer: On the Second Careers of Some of Your Favorite Musicians

From Rock Star to Writer: On the Second Careers of Some of Your Favorite Musicians

Leila Sales Talks to Stuart Murdoch, Susanna Hoffs, Colin Meloy, and More

By Leila Sales | June 9, 2025

On Marianne Moore, Unexpected Celebrity Poet of Midcentury America

On Marianne Moore, Unexpected Celebrity Poet of Midcentury America

Susan Gubar Explores the Multifaceted Life and Work of America’s Foremost Female Poet of the 20th Century

By Susan Gubar | June 9, 2025

First Impressions: 15 Years of <em>The Common</em> Through Its Covers

First Impressions: 15 Years of The Common Through Its Covers

Kei Lim Talks to Gabriele Wilson About the Process Behind Crafting the Magazine's Visual Identity

By Kei Lim | June 9, 2025

The Blessing of a Hybrid Brain: On the Joy of Writing in Two Languages

The Blessing of a Hybrid Brain: On the Joy of Writing in Two Languages

Tatiana de Rosnay Unpacks the Lines Between Translating and Crafting Bilingually

By Tatiana de Rosnay | June 9, 2025

Beyond Teen Fiction: Six High School Novels for Adult Readers

Beyond Teen Fiction: Six High School Novels for Adult Readers

Miriam Gershow Recommends Zoe Heller, Emily St. James, Jim Shepherd and More

By Miriam Gershow | June 9, 2025

Victoria Chang on Exploring Silence

Victoria Chang on Exploring Silence

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

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Beyond the Historical Trauma Plot: On Fictionalizing the Armenian Genocide

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Megan Abbott on Criminal Conspiracies in the Fallen Suburbs

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Writing Nature: The Healing Connection of Space and Spirit

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The World is Alive; or, How Robert Macfarlane Came to Trust His Senses

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Daegan Miller on the Beloved Nature Writer’s Latest Work

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There Are Too Many Books: What Happened to Publishing’s Summer Break?

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Maris Kreizman Will Never, Ever Catch Up on Her Reading

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Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? On <em>Notes to John</em> and the Selling of Didion’s Privacy

Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? On Notes to John and the Selling of Didion’s Privacy

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