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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

How A Single Rosh Hashanah Dinner Sparked 10 Years of Research

How A Single Rosh Hashanah Dinner Sparked 10 Years of Research

Devin Murphy on Recording the Memories of the Last WWII Veterans

By Devin Murphy | September 21, 2017

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“He Comes for the Girls.” Philip Roth on Getting Kicked Out of Prague

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A Diverting Anecdote from a Grim and Unamusing Epoch

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

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

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

By Jane Lazarre | September 8, 2017

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

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

Kyoko Mori Tries to Make Peace with Her Divided Self

By Kyoko Mori | September 6, 2017

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

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

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

By Chelsea Martin | September 5, 2017

How to Write a Book With Traumatic Brain Injury

How to Write a Book With Traumatic Brain Injury

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

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Can Your Best Friends Be Books?

Can Your Best Friends Be Books?

In Praise of the Solitary, the Bookish, the Diehard Readers

By Eve Fairbanks | August 29, 2017

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