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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.”

By Alex Dueben | July 21, 2025

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

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

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

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Chloe Michelle Howarth on How to End a Piece of Writing

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Muscle Beach: Surfing with Bonnie Tsui

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Fail More, Fail Better: On Writing a Novel Without Knowing or Planning Anything

Fail More, Fail Better: On Writing a Novel Without Knowing or Planning Anything

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