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Francophone, Anglophone... Cameroonian? Musih Tedji Xaviere on Telling the Story of Her Country’s Struggles

Francophone, Anglophone... Cameroonian? Musih Tedji Xaviere on Telling the Story of Her Country’s Struggles

"I realized I didn't care anymore about my fears, the object of my limitations."

By Musih Tedji Xaviere | March 18, 2024

Fashionably Old: Lyn Slater on Aging With Attitude

Fashionably Old: Lyn Slater on Aging With Attitude

“It’s time to write a new story, to reuse in imaginative ways garments that already hang in my closet.”

By Lyn Slater | March 15, 2024

<em>The Tale of Genji</em>: A Visual Journey Through the World’s First Novel

The Tale of Genji: A Visual Journey Through the World’s First Novel

Marie Mutsuki Mockett on Japan’s National Literary Treasure

By Marie Mutsuki Mockett | March 12, 2024

“New Words for the Truth of Still Being Alive.” Poetry by Herbert Gold and His Son, Ari

“New Words for the Truth of Still Being Alive.” Poetry by Herbert Gold and His Son, Ari

From the Collection “Father Verses Sons”

By Herbert Gold and Ari Gold | March 8, 2024

Caught Between Zodiacs: A Capricorn Daughter Remembers Her Translator Father

Caught Between Zodiacs: A Capricorn Daughter Remembers Her Translator Father

Grace Loh Prasad Looks For Meaning in the Space Between Western and Chinese Astrology

By Grace Loh Prasad | March 8, 2024

“My Mother is Chinese and My Father is English...” On Defying Racial and Cultural Classification in Northern California

“My Mother is Chinese and My Father is English...” On Defying Racial and Cultural Classification in Northern California

From Tessa Hulls’s Graphic Memoir, “Feeding Ghosts”

By Tessa Hulls | March 7, 2024

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Sororal Death and Sad, Sexy Icons: Emmeline Clein on Eating Disorder Memoirs and the Contagion of Identification

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“For all the girls who weren’t wrong and all the girls who were.”

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Amitava Kumar on Finding Solace in the Words of Others

Amitava Kumar on Finding Solace in the Words of Others

“I was still reporting to my father, the things I had read and all that I had remembered.”

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Blackness Beyond America: Shayla Lawson on Global Conceptions of Black Identity

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“We don’t just need the summary version of the diasporic experience, we need every story.”

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Rethinking “Justice” in the Wake of a Violent Death Close to Home

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