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From Hitchhiking the Sahara (and Storing Hash in the Garage) to Co-Founding MTV and Running Viacom

From Hitchhiking the Sahara (and Storing Hash in the Garage) to Co-Founding MTV and Running Viacom

Terry McDonell Talks to Tom Freston, Author of Unplugged: Adventures from MTV to Timbuktu

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Beyond Memoir: A Roundtable on Health, Identity, and the Invisible Injury We Aren’t Talking About

Beyond Memoir: A Roundtable on Health, Identity, and the Invisible Injury We Aren’t Talking About

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By Molly Gaudry, Carmen Giménez, D/Annie Liontas | December 19, 2025

Burn Harry Burn: Reckoning With My <em>Harry Potter</em> Fandom as a Trans Person

Burn Harry Burn: Reckoning With My Harry Potter Fandom as a Trans Person

Sandy Ernest Allen Confronts J.K. Rowling’s Virulent Transphobia

By Sandy Ernest Allen | December 18, 2025

Hitler and My Mother-In-Law (and the Slippery Terrain of Truth)

Hitler and My Mother-In-Law (and the Slippery Terrain of Truth)

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By Terese Svoboda | December 18, 2025

Jen Percy Collects the Stories of Love and Sex Addicts While Reflecting On Her Own Romantic Experience

Jen Percy Collects the Stories of Love and Sex Addicts While Reflecting On Her Own Romantic Experience

On the Trauma That Can Underpin the Human Need For Connection

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Words Between Worlds: Creative Writing in Sarajevo

Words Between Worlds: Creative Writing in Sarajevo

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“I did my best to present Tony in a way that would make readers fall in love with him just as I had, and forgive his mistakes, just as I did.”

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A Young Woman and Her Literary Dreams, Caught in the Churn of German History

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