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On Gaza, Assia Wevill, and Finding “Permission to Narrate” in a Time of Genocide

On Gaza, Assia Wevill, and Finding “Permission to Narrate” in a Time of Genocide

Emily Van Duyne Reads Jamie Hood, Amie Souza Reilly, Zadie Smith, and Edward Said

By Emily Van Duyne | July 24, 2025

Gary Shteyngart on <em>Vera, or Faith,</em> and American Authoritarians

Gary Shteyngart on Vera, or Faith, and American Authoritarians

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 24, 2025

On the Importance of Holistic Thinking in Combating Addiction

On the Importance of Holistic Thinking in Combating Addiction

Melody Glenn Asks Us to View the Opioid Epidemic Through an Expansive Lens

By Melody Glenn | July 23, 2025

Searching For Divine Love: On the Literary Landscape of Conversion Experiences

Searching For Divine Love: On the Literary Landscape of Conversion Experiences

Terry Nguyen Explores the Intersection of Faith, Desire and Belonging

By Terry Nguyen | July 23, 2025

On the Decades-Long Erasure of Jewish Working-Class Anti-Zionism

On the Decades-Long Erasure of Jewish Working-Class Anti-Zionism

Benjamin Balthaser on Mike Gold, Alexander Bittelman, and the Paradoxes of Left-Wing Zionism

By Benjamin Balthaser | July 23, 2025

Escape from the Land of the Dead: On Leonora Carrington’s <em>The Stone Door</em>

Escape from the Land of the Dead: On Leonora Carrington’s The Stone Door

"Magic and ideology are both practices of belief."

By Celia Bell | July 22, 2025

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Hypergraphia: On Prolific Writers and the Persistent Need to Produce

Hypergraphia: On Prolific Writers and the Persistent Need to Produce

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If Charlie Brown Were a Socialist: On Beloved Argentine Comic Strip Mafalda

If Charlie Brown Were a Socialist: On Beloved Argentine Comic Strip Mafalda

“Mafalda is truly an angry heroine who rejects the world as it is.”

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The Stories That Shape Us: On Navigating the Aftermath of Suicide in Memoir

The Stories That Shape Us: On Navigating the Aftermath of Suicide in Memoir

Ruthie Ackerman: “We are everything that ever happened to us.”

By Ruthie Ackerman | July 21, 2025

Kirstin Koval on the Layers of Empathy

Kirstin Koval on the Layers of Empathy

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | July 21, 2025

W. Kamau Bell on Creating Conversations in a Complicated, Comedic World

W. Kamau Bell on Creating Conversations in a Complicated, Comedic World

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By Memoir Nation | July 21, 2025

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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On Beauty and Its Opposite: Writing Toward Aesthetic Force

On Beauty and Its Opposite: Writing Toward Aesthetic Force

Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante on the Importance of the Singular Image

By Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante | July 18, 2025

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