On Translation and the (Temporary) Inheritance of Trauma

On Translation and the (Temporary) Inheritance of Trauma

Yardenne Greenspan Considers What It Means to Truly Inhabit an Author’s Work

By Yardenne Greenspan | January 4, 2023

Searching For Home with Samuel Beckett

Searching For Home with Samuel Beckett

"It’s possible that carrying around cracks in the first foundation... helps a person accept a cosmos flawed at its core."

By Ken Babstock | January 4, 2023

Why I Had to Get Older to Write About Youth

Why I Had to Get Older to Write About Youth

Allegra Goodman on Finding the Necessary Distance to Write up Close

By Allegra Goodman | January 4, 2023

On Transforming Oral History Into Historical Fiction

On Transforming Oral History Into Historical Fiction

Aanchal Malhotra Tells the Story of Indian Partition

By Aanchal Malhotra | January 4, 2023

Chris Belcher on Blurring the Lines Between Sex Work and Academia

Chris Belcher on Blurring the Lines Between Sex Work and Academia

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 4, 2023

“It Was Like Jumping from a Cliff.” Dorthe Nors on Taking Quantum Leaps and Buying a House

“It Was Like Jumping from a Cliff.” Dorthe Nors on Taking Quantum Leaps and Buying a House

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 4, 2023

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Remembering a London of 1946 in which Fearsome Female Gangsters Ran the Show

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How Zora Neale Hurston’s Study of Hoodoo Helped Me Grieve

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Tracey Rose Peyton on Making Peace With Her Father

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How the Tiniest of Particles Helped Build the Modern World

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Suzie Sheehy on the Imperceptible Yet Critical Impact of Experimental Physics

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Thank You for Being a Friend: Lessons in Writing and Life from <em>The Golden Girls</em>

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Parini Shroff on Writing Against Tropes and Celebrating Platonic Love Stories

By Parini Shroff | January 3, 2023

What to Read Before and After Seeing <em>James Baldwin Abroad</em>

What to Read Before and After Seeing James Baldwin Abroad

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“My Ithaca Burned Down, Too.” A Letter from a Teenage Joycean and Ukrainian Refugee

“My Ithaca Burned Down, Too.” A Letter from a Teenage Joycean and Ukrainian Refugee

“I’m Ruslana from Severodonetsk, a now disappearing city.”

By José Vergara | January 3, 2023

Peter Orner on Looking for “Solace in Remembering” and His Pursuit of Chronology

Peter Orner on Looking for “Solace in Remembering” and His Pursuit of Chronology

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 3, 2023

Susanne Pari on Iran’s Rich History of Feminist Rebellion

Susanne Pari on Iran’s Rich History of Feminist Rebellion

The Author of In the Time of Our History Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | January 3, 2023

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