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Finding Inspiration (and Joy) While Drafting Among the Fjords

Finding Inspiration (and Joy) While Drafting Among the Fjords

David Greig on His Creative Process Aboard a Nordic Cruise

By David Greig | September 15, 2025

The Art of Caustic Cosiness: On Barbara Pym’s <em>The Sweet Dove Died</em>

The Art of Caustic Cosiness: On Barbara Pym’s The Sweet Dove Died

“It pitches new freedoms against dying rules and routines, with a keen eye for the debris, as its worlds of beauty and cruelty collide.”

By Susie Boyt | September 15, 2025

“<i>BOY</i> COMING OUT <i>GAY</i> GOING FAR TO <i>LADY</i> WAY TO <i>QUEER</i>,” a Poem by Rickey Laurentiis

“BOY COMING OUT GAY GOING FAR TO LADY WAY TO QUEER,” a Poem by Rickey Laurentiis

From the Collection “Death of the First Idea”

By Rickey Laurentiis | September 15, 2025

Why There Can Be No Freedom in Iran Without Freedom For Women

Why There Can Be No Freedom in Iran Without Freedom For Women

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By Fatemeh Jamalpour and Nilo Tabrizy | September 15, 2025

Pain as Progress: On Bodybuilding, Poetry and Transformation

Pain as Progress: On Bodybuilding, Poetry and Transformation

“Rupture is a prerequisite for reparation. Hurting couldn’t be avoided. Hurting was the point.”

By Isabella DeSendi | September 15, 2025

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Roxane Gay on Memoir as Manifesto

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Christine Estima on Breathing Fictional Life Into a Long-Overlooked Literary Figure

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“Love Your Neighbor as Yourself” Means Everyone—Including Immigrants, Migrants, and Refugees

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In Praise of Writing in Cemeteries

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Darcie Dennigan on the Benefits of Unrouting Your Routines

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The Joy of Reading Books About Books

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Sally Mann on the Crushing, Lifelong Reality of Artistic Rejection

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