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On the Impossibility of Seeing Yourself

On the Impossibility of Seeing Yourself

Kathryn Harrison on Aging, Asymmetry, and Looking in the Mirror

By Kathryn Harrison | April 7, 2016

A Fundamentalist Christian Discovers the Greater World

A Fundamentalist Christian Discovers the Greater World

Kelly Kerney Has an Awakening in College and Follows it All the Way to Guatemala

By Kelly Kerney | April 6, 2016

Rob Spillman on Craving Danger and Writing the Past

Rob Spillman on Craving Danger and Writing the Past

In Conversation with the Author of All Tomorrow's Parties

By Michael Barron | April 6, 2016

On Maggie Nelson's <em>The Red Parts</em>, Ten Years Later

On Maggie Nelson's The Red Parts, Ten Years Later

How the book paved the way for the The Argonauts

By Bridget Read | April 5, 2016

The Red Parts

The Red Parts

Maggie Nelson

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 5, 2016

Confessions of a Reluctant Memoirist

Confessions of a Reluctant Memoirist

Why Has An Entire Genre Come to be Defined by Its Worst Iterations?

By Lucas Mann | April 1, 2016

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The Inventors

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 1, 2016

From a California Commune to New York City

By Molly Prentiss | March 29, 2016

How I Met the Poet of Portsmouth

By Katherine Towler | March 28, 2016

Hard Truth and Deep Trauma Behind Bars

Hard Truth and Deep Trauma Behind Bars

Teaching Memoir Writing to the Women of the Maine Correctional Facility

By Mira Ptacin | March 24, 2016

When the Apocalypse is Your Religion

When the Apocalypse is Your Religion

On Leaving the Church and Finding a Haven in Science Fiction

By Rachel Kessler | March 18, 2016

When Chris Offutt Lost His Virginity at a ComicCon

When Chris Offutt Lost His Virginity at a ComicCon

On Growing up the Son of a Pornographer and Sci-Fi Star

By Chris Offutt | March 14, 2016

30 Books in 30 Days:  Karen Long on Elizabeth Alexander’s <em>The Light of the World</em>

30 Books in 30 Days: Karen Long on Elizabeth Alexander’s The Light of the World

COUNTING DOWN THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS FINALISTS

By Karen R. Long | March 9, 2016

30 Books in 30 Days: Joanna Scutts on Helen Macdonald’s <em>H Is for Hawk</em>

30 Books in 30 Days: Joanna Scutts on Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk

COUNTING DOWN THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS FINALISTS

By Joanna Scutts | March 8, 2016

30 Books in 30 Days: Leigh Newman on Margo Jefferson’s <em>Negroland</em>

30 Books in 30 Days: Leigh Newman on Margo Jefferson’s Negroland

COUNTING DOWN THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS FINALISTS

By Leigh Newman | March 7, 2016

Susan Sontag Wants the Manager, Richard Hell Needs the Bathroom Key

Susan Sontag Wants the Manager, Richard Hell Needs the Bathroom Key

An Ode to the Late St. Mark's Bookshop and its A-List Roster of Regulars

By Karen Lillis | March 4, 2016

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