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Ballast, Grounding, Subject Matter: On Writers and Their Mothers

Ballast, Grounding, Subject Matter: On Writers and Their Mothers

The Ambiguities and Uncertainties of Love Make us Who We Are

By Mary Morris | May 12, 2017

In Motherhood, I Became a Fire-breathing Female Monster

In Motherhood, I Became a Fire-breathing Female Monster

On Fierce Love, Disability, and Chimeras

By Marianne Leone | May 12, 2017

Eulogy, a Poem by Sherman Alexie

Eulogy, a Poem by Sherman Alexie

"When she died, we buried all of those words with her"

By Sherman Alexie | May 12, 2017

The Women Surrealists Helping Me Through our New Political Reality

The Women Surrealists Helping Me Through our New Political Reality

Suzanne Césaire, Eileen Agar, Leonora Carrington, and More

By Selena Chambers | May 12, 2017

A Mother and her Trans Son on Finding Their New Middle Ground

A Mother and her Trans Son on Finding Their New Middle Ground

"we call back and forth to each other about things that nearly destroyed us"

By Donald Collins and Mary Collins | May 12, 2017

The Week in Literary Film and TV News

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Frank Bill, Roald Dahl, Kevin Kwan, Andy Weir

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By Sarah Menkedick | May 12, 2017

I Wrote A Show About A Stay-At-Home-Mom While Living Away From My Kids

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Writing About Charlie Brown Feels Like Writing About Myself

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On Café Life with Hemingway and Dos Passos

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Claudia Rankine:

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By Emily Temple | May 11, 2017

Dear Rick Moody, Life Coach: Is Melancholy a Suburban Condition?

Dear Rick Moody, Life Coach: Is Melancholy a Suburban Condition?

On Honest Attempts to No Longer Feel Bad

By Rick Moody | May 11, 2017

Boxing Through Trauma During the Afghan Civil War

Boxing Through Trauma During the Afghan Civil War

“The doctor said I had seen too many bad things”

By Qais Akbar Omar | May 11, 2017

10 Books by Czech Women We'd Like to See in English

10 Books by Czech Women We'd Like to See in English

The history of Czech literature in English is, to put it mildly, male-heavy

By Literary Hub | May 11, 2017

Attending a Literary Award Ceremony Held in An Alternate Universe

Attending a Literary Award Ceremony Held in An Alternate Universe

On Lizard Aliens and Gothic Fairies at Norwescon

By Claudia Casper | May 11, 2017

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