What It Was Like to Design for Barbie

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Carol Spencer on Working for Mattel and Finding the Right Sized Dream

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My Mother's Clocks: On Losing Time with Dementia

My Mother's Clocks: On Losing Time with Dementia

Jennifer C. Nash on Remembering Someone Who Can No Longer Consistently Remember You

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Who Really Invented the Selfie?

Who Really Invented the Selfie?

Matt Colquhoun on Narcissism, Photography History, and Britney Spears and Paris Hilton's Paradigm-Shifting Picture

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How Systemic Barriers Keep the Formerly Incarcerated From Rebuilding Their Lives

How Systemic Barriers Keep the Formerly Incarcerated From Rebuilding Their Lives

Lara Love Hardin on Reaching Her True Potential After Prison—And Helping Others Do The Same

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The Other Side of Money: On the Stories We Tell about Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality

The Other Side of Money: On the Stories We Tell about Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality

Bette Adriaanse Considers Capitalism, Art, and How Change Happens

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Jennifer Grotz on Changing Poetic Ambitions

Jennifer Grotz on Changing Poetic Ambitions

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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How One Man Walked 6,000 Miles Across America's Largest Metropolis

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<em>The Last Voyage of the Demeter</em> is a Creative <em>Dracula</em> Adaptation That Bites Off a Bit More Than It Can Chew

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On the Exponential Difficulty of Juggling Many Narrative Voices

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Julia Cameron on Learning to Write Sober

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