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The Loneliness of the Full-Time Writer

The Loneliness of the Full-Time Writer

Mike Gayle Tries to Find Community in a Solitary Profession

By Mike Gayle | August 13, 2021

On the Art of Literary Name-Calling: The Best and Most Baroque Insults Are Micro-Poems for the Ages

On the Art of Literary Name-Calling: The Best and Most Baroque Insults Are Micro-Poems for the Ages

Jason Guriel on the Evolution of Stylized Insults, from “Turdsworth” to “Tru-Anon”

By Jason Guriel | August 13, 2021

Marc Ribot Makes the Case for Loud Music

Marc Ribot Makes the Case for Loud Music

On the Necessary Pain and Pleasure of Deafening Amplification

By Marc Ribot | August 13, 2021

The Enduring Appeal of Fictional Sisters: A Reading List

The Enduring Appeal of Fictional Sisters: A Reading List

Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb Recommend Brit Bennett, Lucinda Riley, and Jane Green

By Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb | August 13, 2021

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on Understanding Voice in Fiction

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on Understanding Voice in Fiction

"I write as a conductor, not as a performer."

By Maurice Carlos Ruffin | August 13, 2021

Pushing Boundaries, Claiming Power, Creating Space: A “Ratchetdemic” Manifesto

Pushing Boundaries, Claiming Power, Creating Space: A “Ratchetdemic” Manifesto

Christopher Emdin Imagines a School System Designed for Students' Self-Actualization

By Christopher Emdin | August 13, 2021

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Lauren Etter on How the Vaping Generation Was Born

By Keen On | August 13, 2021

Emma Sloley on Exploring Fear and Violence in Intimate Relationships

By The Common | August 13, 2021

World Travel by Anthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever, Read by a Full Cast

By Behind the Mic | August 13, 2021

Gautam Bhatia on Exploring the Human Desire to Know More

Gautam Bhatia on Exploring the Human Desire to Know More

Gautam Bhatia Talks to Rob Wolf on New Books Network

By New Books Network | August 13, 2021

Katie Kitamura on the Irony of Language

Katie Kitamura on the Irony of Language

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | August 12, 2021

Aching for the American Dream: On Writing the Delicate Stories of Immigrant and Refugee Students

Aching for the American Dream: On Writing the Delicate Stories of Immigrant and Refugee Students

Elly Fishman on What It Means to Earn the Trust of Her Teenage Subjects

By Elly Fishman | August 12, 2021

The Power and Perils of Storytelling: How We Make Narratives Out of Predatory Relationships

The Power and Perils of Storytelling: How We Make Narratives Out of Predatory Relationships

Jane Healey on Truth and Uncertainty in My Dark Vanessa, Consent, and More

By Jane Healey | August 12, 2021

The Glamour and the Terror: Why Women in the Victorian Era Jumped at the Chance to Go to Sea

The Glamour and the Terror: Why Women in the Victorian Era Jumped at the Chance to Go to Sea

Siân Evans on the Daring Women Whose Transatlantic Journeys Challenged Gender Roles

By Siân Evans | August 12, 2021

What The (Dixie) Chicks Meant to Me As a Teenager in Namibia

What The (Dixie) Chicks Meant to Me As a Teenager in Namibia

Rémy Ngamije on Vaccination Scarcity and the Immigrant’s Dream of Movement

By Rémy Ngamije | August 12, 2021

Inherit the Earth: James Rebanks on the Struggles of the Small Family Farmer

Inherit the Earth: James Rebanks on the Struggles of the Small Family Farmer

“The months after my father’s death were the hardest of my life.”

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