Tackling Ballet’s History of Anti-Blackness as a White Woman

Tackling Ballet’s History of Anti-Blackness as a White Woman

Karen Valby: “It is not my job to be a white woman beyond reproach—some mythical anti-Karen that doesn’t even exist.”

By Karen Valby | April 30, 2024

Closing the Literary Circle: Marc Berley on Editing the Work of Gordon Lish

Closing the Literary Circle: Marc Berley on Editing the Work of Gordon Lish

"No one, I learned, appreciates the care and effort of an editor more than Lish."

By Marc Berley | April 29, 2024

How Novelist Lynne Reid Banks Helped Me See Myself—and the World

How Novelist Lynne Reid Banks Helped Me See Myself—and the World

Aaron Hicklin: “I yearned for a bigger life and was sure it would come for me.”

By Aaron Hicklin | April 26, 2024

When Writing Your Novel (Maybe) Manifests Your Breakup

When Writing Your Novel (Maybe) Manifests Your Breakup

Hazel Hayes on Seeing Her Characters’ Relationship Problems Mirror Her Own

By Hazel Hayes | April 24, 2024

The Creators of a Bicycle-Powered Library Reflect on Its Humble Beginnings

The Creators of a Bicycle-Powered Library Reflect on Its Humble Beginnings

Laura Moulton and Ben Hodgson on Bringing Books to Underserved Communities

By Laura Moulton and Ben Hodgson | April 24, 2024

Sad about Pitchfork? Try one of these classic collections of music writing.

Sad about Pitchfork? Try one of these classic collections of music writing.

By Brittany Allen | April 23, 2024

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Torn Dresses, Frank Sinatra, Ghosts in the Loo: Judi Dench on a Lifetime of Playing Shakespeare

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Sasha Vasilyuk on the Price of Secrecy in Russia and Ukraine

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Dorothy Allison: “In the Stories We Share and Those We Have Not Yet Crafted—We Live Forever”

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“We are Here.” On Rediscovering Safety and Beauty in the Wonders of Nature

“We are Here.” On Rediscovering Safety and Beauty in the Wonders of Nature

Aimee Nezhukumatathil Considers the South Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher

By Aimee Nezhukumatathil | April 22, 2024

Two Vietnams: Chronicling a Father and Daughter’s Shared Love For the Same Country

Two Vietnams: Chronicling a Father and Daughter’s Shared Love For the Same Country

Christina Vo on Writing an Intergenerational Tale of a Divided Land

By Christina Vo | April 22, 2024

How Much is Enough? On the Writerly Balance Between Money and Time

How Much is Enough? On the Writerly Balance Between Money and Time

For Novelist Ryan Chapman, “There are wants, and there are needs.”

By Ryan Chapman | April 19, 2024

Writing As Labor: Doing More With Less, Together

Writing As Labor: Doing More With Less, Together

David Hill on the Myth of the Middle Class Writer

By David Hill | April 18, 2024

The Journey of a Madwoman: Between Facts, Memory, and a Fractured Self

The Journey of a Madwoman: Between Facts, Memory, and a Fractured Self

Suzanne Scanlon on Remembering and Returning to a Disappearing Past

By Suzanne Scanlon | April 18, 2024

Facing That Which Haunts You: Ethel Rohan on Writing About Grief

Facing That Which Haunts You: Ethel Rohan on Writing About Grief

“For most of my life, I’ve suffered in shame and silence while the men who hurt me got away scot-free.”

By Ethel Rohan | April 18, 2024

The Money Diaries: Real Writers, Real Budgets

The Money Diaries: Real Writers, Real Budgets

What Writers Spend in a Week of Their Lives

By Literary Hub | April 17, 2024

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