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Learning the Culture of Blame as a Child at the State Welfare Office

Learning the Culture of Blame as a Child at the State Welfare Office

David Ambroz on the Hunger, Red Tape, and Unspoken Rules That Accompany Childhood Poverty

By David Ambroz | September 16, 2022

Fictionalizing the Stories of Two Women Who Fought to Save Jewish Children in World War II-Era Europe

Fictionalizing the Stories of Two Women Who Fought to Save Jewish Children in World War II-Era Europe

Kristin Beck on the Women Who Inspired Her Novel

By Kristin Beck | September 16, 2022

Read the Winners of <em>American Short Fiction</em>’s 2022 Insider Prize, Selected by Lauren Hough

Read the Winners of American Short Fiction’s 2022 Insider Prize, Selected by Lauren Hough

Memoir by Michael John Wiese; Fiction by David Antares

By Literary Hub | September 15, 2022

Abundant Joy: 9 Black Diasporic Voices Imagine a Better World

Abundant Joy: 9 Black Diasporic Voices Imagine a Better World

Natasha Marin Asked a Hundred Black Diasporic Voices About Power, Love, and Safety

By Natasha Marin | September 15, 2022

A Life Told in Dishes: Five Essential Food Memoirs

A Life Told in Dishes: Five Essential Food Memoirs

Sylvie Bigar Recommends Nora Ephron, Edward Lee, Diana Abu-Jaber, and More

By Sylvie Bigar | September 14, 2022

How Black History Saved Me: Peniel E. Joseph on His Path to Scholar-Activism

How Black History Saved Me: Peniel E. Joseph on His Path to Scholar-Activism

Tracing an Education, from W.E.B. Du Bois to Sonia Sanchez

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By Otherppl with Brad Listi | September 14, 2022

On Muriel Spark’s Complicated Balancing of Writing and Motherhood

By Begoña Gómez Urzaiz | September 12, 2022

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By Memoir Nation | September 12, 2022

The Danger—and Hope—of a First Year in America

The Danger—and Hope—of a First Year in America

Boyah J. Farah on Making the Immigrant Adjustment to Bedford, Massachusetts

By Boyah J. Farah | September 12, 2022

Javier Zamora: You Can't Simply Make Art From Your Trauma to Heal Yourself

Javier Zamora: You Can't Simply Make Art From Your Trauma to Heal Yourself

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | September 9, 2022

The Complicated Relationship Between Kansans and Truman Capote’s <em>In Cold Blood</em>

The Complicated Relationship Between Kansans and Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood

Jessa Crispin on the Allure of “Convenient” Stories

By Jessa Crispin | September 8, 2022

Fear Not. Have Fun: Ann Beattie on Lessons in Cooking and Life from James Haller

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Honestly, I’d Rather Be Living in an Elin Hilderbrand Novel

Honestly, I’d Rather Be Living in an Elin Hilderbrand Novel

Mary Bergman on the Reality Behind the Beachy Book Covers

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My Cyborg Future: Alice Wong on Prophetic High School Poetry and Processing Pain

My Cyborg Future: Alice Wong on Prophetic High School Poetry and Processing Pain

“Joints contracted, muscles atrophied, sinews snipped and stretched to the brink. Great art comes at a great price.”

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The Art of Silence: Finding Beauty in the Unspoken After Losing My Voice to ALS

The Art of Silence: Finding Beauty in the Unspoken After Losing My Voice to ALS

Cai Emmons Returns to an Early Love of Quiet

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