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Minnie Driver on Walking Out of a (Pervy, Humiliating) Audition

Minnie Driver on Walking Out of a (Pervy, Humiliating) Audition

"Realizing there was nowhere to spit out the chocolate, I did what so many women do in the name of pleasing men, and I swallowed."

By Minnie Driver | May 10, 2022

When You Learn Your Mother Was a Serious Writer Only After She’s Gone

When You Learn Your Mother Was a Serious Writer Only After She’s Gone

Michael Bourne Remembers His Mother, Nancy Bourne, Author of Spotswood, Virginia

By Michael Bourne | May 6, 2022

Lara Bazelon on the Knife’s Edge That Ambitious Women Must Navigate

Lara Bazelon on the Knife’s Edge That Ambitious Women Must Navigate

“Instinctive self-diminishment isn’t a biologically determined female trait; it is a learned and rewarded behavior.”

By Lara Bazelon | May 6, 2022

The Complex Grief of Losing a Mother You Already Mourned

The Complex Grief of Losing a Mother You Already Mourned

Candice Iloh on Coming to Terms with Their Mother as Ancestor

By Candice Iloh | May 6, 2022

There Is Grace in Patience: On the Writing Lessons of Tarot

There Is Grace in Patience: On the Writing Lessons of Tarot

Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood Considers Trust, Discovery, and Dreaming While Awake

By Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood | May 5, 2022

How Gender-Mixing Laundry Can Be Revolutionary in Myanmar

How Gender-Mixing Laundry Can Be Revolutionary in Myanmar

Pyae Moe Thet War on the Uses and Appropriations of the Concept of “Hpone”

By Pyae Moe Thet War | May 5, 2022

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The Story That Saved Me: On Writing My Way Out of a Life That No Longer Felt Like Mine

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Following the Workings of My Mind: Gerald Murnane Rereads His First Novel

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The Writer Revisits Tamarisk Row, Nearly 50 Years Later

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“Auld Lang Syne” in July: Yiyun Li on the Solaces and Limits of Music

“Auld Lang Syne” in July: Yiyun Li on the Solaces and Limits of Music

“Music, in its absolute right to exist, perhaps is not unlike mood, or landscape—external or internal.”

By Yiyun Li | May 3, 2022

Lessons Learned from a Year Listening to the Fictional Octopus in My Head

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Shelby Van Pelt on an Unlikely Friend and Saying What You Mean

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