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How Working the Swing Shift Saved My Writing

How Working the Swing Shift Saved My Writing

Anna Maxymiw on the Perks of an Unusual Schedule

By Anna Maxymiw | October 16, 2019

A Friendship in Letters: <br> Flannery O'Connor and Katherine Anne Porter

A Friendship in Letters:
Flannery O'Connor and Katherine Anne Porter

Talk of Peacocks, Easter, and Porter's Ship of Fools

By Benjamin B. Alexander | October 16, 2019

Demystifying the Writer's Fear of Failure

Demystifying the Writer's Fear of Failure

Sarah Labrie on Why Writing is Supposed to Be Difficult

By Sarah LaBrie | October 16, 2019

Leah Vernon: A Day in the Life of a Fat Model

Leah Vernon: A Day in the Life of a Fat Model

"She’s possibly never seen cellulite in her life. She’d probably vomit seeing mine."

By Leah Vernon | October 16, 2019

Harold Bloom on Cormac McCarthy, True Heir to Melville and Faulkner

Harold Bloom on Cormac McCarthy, True Heir to Melville and Faulkner

On Violence, the Sublime, and Blood Meridian's Place in the American Canon

By Harold Bloom | October 16, 2019

Is There a Program for Addiction to<br> 12-Step Programs?

Is There a Program for Addiction to
12-Step Programs?

David Heatley on His Mother's Weight Loss Journey

By David Heatley | October 16, 2019

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On the Groundbreaking Documentary That Brought the Birthplace of Chicago Blues Alive

By David Dann | October 16, 2019

Reading Women on Mira Jacob's The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing and Our Women on the Ground

By Reading Women | October 16, 2019

Zulema Renee Summerfield on Changing History in Fiction

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | October 16, 2019

“Midnight Train to Georgia” <br> A Poem by Nathalie Handal

“Midnight Train to Georgia”
A Poem by Nathalie Handal

From the Collection Life In A Country Album

By Nathalie Handal | October 16, 2019

Ben Lerner Talks to Ocean Vuong About Love, Whiteness, and Toxic Masculinity

Ben Lerner Talks to Ocean Vuong About Love, Whiteness, and Toxic Masculinity

The Author of The Topeka School in Conversation with a Former Student

By Ocean Vuong | October 15, 2019

Elizabeth Strout on Writers' Block, the Art of Edward Hopper, and More

Elizabeth Strout on Writers' Block, the Art of Edward Hopper, and More

The Award-Winning Writer on Her Big (and Small) Literary Secrets

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How Do We Preserve the Vanishing Foods of the Earth?

How Do We Preserve the Vanishing Foods of the Earth?

Apples, Blue Honeysuckles, and the Soviet Seed Collector Who Protected the Earth's Biodiversity

By Lenore Newman | October 15, 2019

No One Really Knows Why Humans Can Walk

No One Really Knows Why Humans Can Walk

Bill Bryson on the History of Bipedalism

By Bill Bryson | October 15, 2019

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Norwegian Literature (Almost)

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Norwegian Literature (Almost)

A Brief History of the "Guest of Honor" at This Year's Frankfurt Bookfair

By John Freeman | October 15, 2019

The Impossibility of Capturing Truth in a Biography

The Impossibility of Capturing Truth in a Biography

Iris Origo on Why We Try Anyway

By Iris Origo | October 15, 2019

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