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Remembering My Father, His Gifts, and His Glass Eye

Remembering My Father, His Gifts, and His Glass Eye

"Encapsulating Him in Plain Language Feels Impossible"

By Jeannie Vanasco | October 3, 2017

Growing Up Gay in a Proud Southern Family

Growing Up Gay in a Proud Southern Family

"The Thing I Feared Most in Myself Would One Day Be My Greatest Joy"

By Armistead Maupin | October 2, 2017

Etty Hillesum: God, Sex, and Defiance in a Time of War

Etty Hillesum: God, Sex, and Defiance in a Time of War

A Deserving Voice for the Canon of Holocaust Literature

By Fiona Alison Duncan | September 27, 2017

Searching for My Mother, 16 Years After Her Murder

Searching for My Mother, 16 Years After Her Murder

Sarah Perry Travels Back to the Scenes of a Crime

By Sarah Perry | September 25, 2017

Life as a Trans Man in Turn-of-the-Century America

Life as a Trans Man in Turn-of-the-Century America

"Our Nation’s Past is Far Queerer than is Generally Discussed"

By Emily Skidmore | September 22, 2017

To Speak is to Be Misunderstood: On Parenting and Parents

To Speak is to Be Misunderstood: On Parenting and Parents

Minna Zallman Proctor Investigates the Pleasure of Not Belonging

By Minna Zallman Proctor | September 21, 2017

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At Ellis Island, Imagining My Father's Journey to America

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"Perhaps They Sat on These Very Benches, Stood Where I am Standing Now"

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A Difficult Balance: Am I a Writer or a Teacher?

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Kyoko Mori Tries to Make Peace with Her Divided Self

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The Most Important Skill I Learned at Art School: How to Bullshit

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Chelsea Martin on the Lessons We Take From a Fine Arts Degree

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How to Write a Book With Traumatic Brain Injury

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Alice Anderson Wouldn't Let Aphasia Stop Her From Writing a Memoir

By Alice Anderson | September 1, 2017

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