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Commuting with Shylock: (Reluctantly) Revisiting <em>The Merchant of Venice</em> with My 10-Year-Old Son

Commuting with Shylock: (Reluctantly) Revisiting The Merchant of Venice with My 10-Year-Old Son

Dara Horn on Hearing Shakespeare's Antisemitism with Fresh Ears

By Dara Horn | September 8, 2021

How Do You Deliver a Baby in the Middle of a Storm with One Generator, No Water, and No Electricity?

How Do You Deliver a Baby in the Middle of a Storm with One Generator, No Water, and No Electricity?

Belle Marie Torres Velázquez on Working as a Medical Doctor on an Island of Puerto Rico and Surviving Hurricanes Irma and María

By Belle Marie Torres Velázquez | September 8, 2021

The Role That Got Away: Hayley Mills on (Almost) Playing Lolita

The Role That Got Away: Hayley Mills on (Almost) Playing Lolita

The Iconic Actor Recalls the Near Misses of Her Post-Pollyanna Career

By Hayley Mills | September 7, 2021

Money, Priorities, and the Promise of an American Childhood

Money, Priorities, and the Promise of an American Childhood

Qian Julie Wang on the Summer of 1998

By Qian Julie Wang | September 7, 2021

How White Violence Turned a Peaceful Civil Rights Demonstration Into Mayhem

How White Violence Turned a Peaceful Civil Rights Demonstration Into Mayhem

Winfred Rembert on Protesting in the Jim Crow South and Getting Arrested

By Winfred Rembert as told to Erin I. Kelly | September 7, 2021

The Heartbreaking Ingenuity of the Mother-Writer

The Heartbreaking Ingenuity of the Mother-Writer

Olivia Campbell Explores What It Takes to Balance Art and Parenting in America

By Olivia Campbell | September 3, 2021

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Finding Literary Spaces Amid the Intensity of New Motherhood

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Ellen O’Connell Whittet on Doireann Ní Ghríofa's A Ghost in the Throat

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Deborah Levy: Finding a <del>Room</del> House of One’s Own

Deborah Levy: Finding a Room House of One’s Own

“Yes. I wanted a house. And a garden. I wanted land.”

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Seeing Yourself in the Gaze of Others: On Disability and the Freedom of Youth

Seeing Yourself in the Gaze of Others: On Disability and the Freedom of Youth

Jan Grue Navigates the Social Politics of Visibility

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The Beginning of the End: Who Do We Become in the Face of a Parent’s Death?

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Kat Chow on Losing Her Mother, Memory, and Writing About Illness

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