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Shame, Silence, and Family Secrets: How Enduring Antisemitism Created False Identities

Shame, Silence, and Family Secrets: How Enduring Antisemitism Created False Identities

Margaret K. Nelson on Concealing and Unearthing Hidden Jewish Heritage

By Margaret K. Nelson | December 9, 2022

Turns out the Russian soldier who fled to France and sold his war memoir might be full of shit.

Turns out the Russian soldier who fled to France and sold his war memoir might be full of shit.

By Jonny Diamond | December 8, 2022

Seasons of Change: The Children’s Books That Helped Us Get Through the Year

Seasons of Change: The Children’s Books That Helped Us Get Through the Year

Sara B. Franklin on the Reading That Mattered Most to Her Family

By Sara B. Franklin | December 7, 2022

Napoleonic Conspiracy Theories, Unsociable Shabbiness, and More Occupational Hazards of the Second-Hand Book Trade

Napoleonic Conspiracy Theories, Unsociable Shabbiness, and More Occupational Hazards of the Second-Hand Book Trade

Shaun Bythell Chronicles His Days as a Bookseller

By Shaun Bythell | December 7, 2022

Cherríe Moraga on Writing About Queer Motherhood

Cherríe Moraga on Writing About Queer Motherhood

The Celebrated Author and Activist Revisits Her Own Memoir

By Cherrie Moraga | December 7, 2022

In <em>The Super 8 Years</em>, Annie Ernaux Drifts Between Domesticity and Creativity

In The Super 8 Years, Annie Ernaux Drifts Between Domesticity and Creativity

Julia Sirmons on Maternal Performance and the Growth of an Artist, Captured in Family Home Movies

By Julia Sirmons | December 6, 2022

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Cliff Bleszinski on Finding Lifelong Happiness and Eventual Success in Video Games

By Cliff Bleszinski | December 6, 2022

Dear Blank Space: A Literacy Narrative

By Jennifer S. Cheng | December 6, 2022

“There’s No Story to Tell About Swimming.” Madeleine Watts on How to Quiet the Mind

By Madeleine Watts | December 5, 2022

Mother or Weapon: Retired Cage Fighter Jenny Liou on Navigating the Body After Birth

Mother or Weapon: Retired Cage Fighter Jenny Liou on Navigating the Body After Birth

“I feel silly even if I win, fresh off two babies, four years off the mats.”

By Jenny Liou | December 5, 2022

Of Grief and Book Tours

Of Grief and Book Tours

Silas House on the Power of Collective Mourning

By Silas House | December 2, 2022

The Politics of Independence: Living Off-Grid in the Colorado Foothills

The Politics of Independence: Living Off-Grid in the Colorado Foothills

Ted Conover Gets to Know the Homesteaders of the San Luis Valley

By Ted Conover | December 1, 2022

Making Something Special of Solitude: Baek Sehee on Falling Through Life’s Cracks

Making Something Special of Solitude: Baek Sehee on Falling Through Life’s Cracks

“I must stop expecting myself to be perfect. The best I can do is to learn or realize something new every day.”

By Baek Sehee and Anton Hur | December 1, 2022

Emily Pifer: Finding Truth (and Lying to Herself) While Editing Her Debut Memoir

Emily Pifer: Finding Truth (and Lying to Herself) While Editing Her Debut Memoir

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | November 30, 2022

<em>Have I Told You This Already?</em> by Lauren Graham, Read by Lauren Graham

Have I Told You This Already? by Lauren Graham, Read by Lauren Graham

Stories From the Gilmore Girls Actor

By Behind the Mic | November 30, 2022

How Stories Create Individual and Collective Pasts, Presents, and Futures

How Stories Create Individual and Collective Pasts, Presents, and Futures

Mary-Alice Daniel on the Role of Narrative in Shaping History and Myth

By Mary-Alice Daniel | November 29, 2022

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