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Don't Make Yourself the Hero of Your Own Story

Don't Make Yourself the Hero of Your Own Story

And 6 Other Pieces of Memoir-Writing Advice

By Elena Lappin | June 2, 2017

Separating Truth from Lies in the Face of Atrocity

Separating Truth from Lies in the Face of Atrocity

What, after all, is a truly verifiable or “authentic” image?

By Johanna Skibsrud | June 2, 2017

Franz Kafka, the Ultimate Self-Doubting Writer

Franz Kafka, the Ultimate Self-Doubting Writer

On the Emotional Resonance of Kafka's Diaries

By John Sherman | June 2, 2017

The Queer Literary Origins of Wonder Woman

The Queer Literary Origins of Wonder Woman

From Homer and Sappho to Charlotte Perkins Gilman

By Gabrielle Bellot | June 1, 2017

Sherman Alexie:

Sherman Alexie: "I Think We Live in a Constant Funeral"

On Catharsis, PTSD, and Being Unable to Forgive his Mother

By Alden Mudge | June 1, 2017

Imbolo Mbue on Empathy and the Price of the American Dream

Imbolo Mbue on Empathy and the Price of the American Dream

The Behold the Dreamers Author Talks Writing about the Financial Crisis

By Kristen Evans | June 1, 2017

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Why Are We So Afraid of Female Desire?

By Carol Dyhouse | June 1, 2017

Samantha Irby Needs to Talk About Some Sh*t

By Michele Filgate | May 31, 2017

Chris Kraus on Why You Should Read Eileen Myles's First Novel

Chris Kraus on Why You Should Read Eileen Myles's First Novel

Cool for You Reissued Just In Time

By Chris Kraus | May 31, 2017

I Found My Family in <em>Jesus' Son</em>

I Found My Family in Jesus' Son

James Boice on One of the Most Influential Books of the Latest 50 Years

By James Boice | May 31, 2017

What Counts As Standard? On Black English and Black American Sign Language

What Counts As Standard? On Black English and Black American Sign Language

Linguist John McWhorter in Conversation with Novelist and Playwright Kia Corthron

By Literary Hub | May 30, 2017

Learning the ABC's of Grad School Jargon

Learning the ABC's of Grad School Jargon

Deb Werrlein Wonders What the Hell It All It Means

By Deb Werrlein | May 30, 2017

Reading Susan Sontag in Paris

Reading Susan Sontag in Paris

Or, How to Write About a City Just as Beautiful as Everyone Says It is

By Lori Brister | May 26, 2017

Words Can Erase and Distort: An Interview with Madeleine Thien

Words Can Erase and Distort: An Interview with Madeleine Thien

When language is in conflict with the very things we need it for

By David Chariandy | May 26, 2017

All Writing is a Kind of Realism

All Writing is a Kind of Realism

In Conversation with Rodrigo Fresán, author of The Invented Part

By Literary Hub | May 26, 2017

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