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Captain Dynamite and the Exploding Coffin of Death: The Greatest Minor League Baseball Entertainment... Ever?

Captain Dynamite and the Exploding Coffin of Death: The Greatest Minor League Baseball Entertainment... Ever?

“Oh man, I think that sumbitch is actually dead!”

By Ryan McGee | April 12, 2023

Anjan Sundaram on the Devastating Personal Costs of Being a War Correspondent in Africa

Anjan Sundaram on the Devastating Personal Costs of Being a War Correspondent in Africa

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 12, 2023

Learning to Stop Pretending That I’m Okay (Or, Finding Relief in Acceptance)

Learning to Stop Pretending That I’m Okay (Or, Finding Relief in Acceptance)

Hanna Halperin on Debilitating Migraines and the Challenges of Contact Improv

By Hanna Halperin | April 12, 2023

Losing My Hearing Showed Me a New Way to Write About the Self

Losing My Hearing Showed Me a New Way to Write About the Self

John Cotter on the Difficulties of Capturing Silence

By John Cotter | April 11, 2023

Jenny Odell on the Relationship Between Time and Power

Jenny Odell on the Relationship Between Time and Power

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | April 11, 2023

Once You Start to Look, You See the Disappeared Are Everywhere

Once You Start to Look, You See the Disappeared Are Everywhere

Andrew Porter on Writing About Growing Older

By Andrew Porter | April 11, 2023

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Max J. Friedman on Why He Chose to Write a Memoir About His Holocaust-Surviving Parents

By Keen On | April 11, 2023

Maggie Smith on How She Approached Plot in Her Memoir

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | April 10, 2023

Writing From the Margins: On the Origins and Development of the Lyric Essay

By Zoë Bossiere and Erica Trabold | April 10, 2023

Nicole Chung on the Task of Winnowing a Life Story (and the Magic of Dogs)

Nicole Chung on the Task of Winnowing a Life Story (and the Magic of Dogs)

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | April 6, 2023

What It Feels Like to Publish Your Novel After 30 Years

What It Feels Like to Publish Your Novel After 30 Years

Melissa Coss Aquino on Being an Older Debut Novelist

By Melissa Coss Aquino | April 6, 2023

Nicole Chung on Writing Through Grief and How to Begin Again

Nicole Chung on Writing Through Grief and How to Begin Again

Hannah Bae Talks to the Author of A Living Remedy

By Hannah Bae | April 5, 2023

Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Cover of His New Memoir

Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Cover of His New Memoir

“It often feels like a cover designer I have not met has captured some dimension of the book I have not been aware.”

By Viet Thanh Nguyen | April 4, 2023

Anthony Chin-Quee on How Giving Up His Successful Career in Medicine “Saved” Him

Anthony Chin-Quee on How Giving Up His Successful Career in Medicine “Saved” Him

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Clint Smith: “What Does it Mean to Carry Wonder and Despair in Your Body at the Same Time?”

Clint Smith: “What Does it Mean to Carry Wonder and Despair in Your Body at the Same Time?”

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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The Beauty of the Trans Body: Building a World to Feel Safe In

The Beauty of the Trans Body: Building a World to Feel Safe In

Rafael Frumkin on the Legacy—and Bravery—of Queer Elders

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