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How It Feels to Watch a Civil War Unfold From the Comfort of Your Living Room

How It Feels to Watch a Civil War Unfold From the Comfort of Your Living Room

Tareq Baconi on the Experience of Repeated Exile For His Palestinian Refugee Family

By Tareq Baconi | December 3, 2025

3 Ways to Become a Better Reader

3 Ways to Become a Better Reader

Hwang Bo-Reum on Little Ways to Cultivate Your Reading (and Writing) Life

By Hwang Bo-Reum | December 3, 2025

Hannah Kauders on Grief, Translation, and Fátima Vélez’s <em>Galápagos</em>

Hannah Kauders on Grief, Translation, and Fátima Vélez’s Galápagos

“In death, all things are possible. It’s up to each of us to decide.”

By Hannah Kauders | December 3, 2025

Remembering Tom Stoppard, the thinker’s playwright.

Remembering Tom Stoppard, the thinker’s playwright.

By Brittany Allen | December 1, 2025

Progressive Except for Palestine: On Growing Up in Bari Weiss’s “Urban Shtetl”

Progressive Except for Palestine: On Growing Up in Bari Weiss’s “Urban Shtetl”

Laura Kraftowitz Examines the Fault Lines and False Choices of Liberal Judaism

By Laura Kraftowitz | December 1, 2025

Creating New Tongues: On Language as Adaptation and Resistance

Creating New Tongues: On Language as Adaptation and Resistance

Maria B. Olujic Considers the Role of Neologisms and Idioms in Croatia’s Linguistic Landscape

By Maria B. Olujic | November 24, 2025

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Open Your Mouth and Sing: Frode Grytten on Becoming a Writer and Growing Up in Norway

By Frode Grytten | November 18, 2025

Suddenly So Alone: Jean Chen Ho on Dislocation and Longing in Upstate New York

Suddenly So Alone: Jean Chen Ho on Dislocation and Longing in Upstate New York

“A person can get used to anything. I got used to being alone all the time.”

By Jean Chen Ho | November 17, 2025

A Day of Fragile Hope: On Gaza’s First Moments of Ceasefire

A Day of Fragile Hope: On Gaza’s First Moments of Ceasefire

Hani Qarmoot: ”The ceasefire was more than a political announcement; it was a reclaiming of humanity.”

By Hani Qarmout | November 13, 2025

Why Film and Literature Fear Telling The Truth About Losing a Parent

Why Film and Literature Fear Telling The Truth About Losing a Parent

Tiffany Graham Charkosky on Finding Healing in Telling Her Own Story of Maternal Loss

By Tiffany Graham Charkosky | November 13, 2025

Writing While Becoming Two: How Motherhood Influenced My Debut Novel

Writing While Becoming Two: How Motherhood Influenced My Debut Novel

Grace Walker: “Two lives, two minds, combining. It’s the idea that shaped my writing, and now, in a quieter way, my days.”

By Grace Walker | November 12, 2025

The Publishing Industry Gambled on Me... and Lost

The Publishing Industry Gambled on Me... and Lost

Maria Kuznetsova on Making Peace with Her Debut’s Failure to Launch

By Maria Kuznetsova | November 11, 2025

What Aging Can Teach Us About Creativity and Fulfillment

What Aging Can Teach Us About Creativity and Fulfillment

Philip Weinstein Explores Philosophical and Literary Approaches to the End of Life

By Philip Weinstein | November 11, 2025

“It Was Home...” On Friends, Flatshares and Creating Fiction

“It Was Home...” On Friends, Flatshares and Creating Fiction

Gráinne O’Hare Considers the Power of Female Friendship Forged in Close Quarters

By Gráinne O’Hare | November 10, 2025

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