Bargaining a Writing Career for a Father’s Life

Bargaining a Writing Career for a Father’s Life

Christopher Sorrentino on a Year of Literary Success and Personal Cataclysm

By Christopher Sorrentino | September 27, 2021

How the Iconic Late-Night TV Character of Elvira Came to Be

How the Iconic Late-Night TV Character of Elvira Came to Be

Cassandra Peterson on Coming Up With the "Mistress of the Dark"

By Cassandra Peterson | September 24, 2021

Eileen Myles on Following Joan Mitchell’s Path Through New York City

Eileen Myles on Following Joan Mitchell’s Path Through New York City

“Manhattan Island is pretty much shimmer all day long.”

By Eileen Myles | September 23, 2021

What is Revealed by the Family Stories That Go Untold?

What is Revealed by the Family Stories That Go Untold?

Kei Miller: “I know how to tell stories, but how does one begin to tell silence?”

By Kei Miller | September 23, 2021

Rebecca Carroll on the Joy and Relief of Finding Catharsis Through Crafting Memoir

Rebecca Carroll on the Joy and Relief of Finding Catharsis Through Crafting Memoir

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | September 22, 2021

Out of the Closet and Out of Time: On Being an Old(ish) Mother

Out of the Closet and Out of Time: On Being an Old(ish) Mother

Laura Davis Tries to Balance Grief, Joy, and Sleep Deprivation

By Laura Davis | September 22, 2021

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Linda Rui Feng on Writing as an Act of Telepathy

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Encountering Annie Ernaux’s Urban Landscapes and Scattered Selves

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Lauren Elkin on the Writer's Approach to Reality

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Coming of Age and Questioning Traditional Rituals at a Boarding School in Kenya

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Nice Leng’ete on the Teacher Who Led Her to Question the Maasai Practice of Female Genital Mutilation

By Nice Leng'ete | September 16, 2021

Writing a Novel Through Illness: On the Inseparability of Body and Mind

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Cai Emmons on Her ALS Diagnosis and Writing as a Reflection of Health

By Cai Emmons | September 15, 2021

Why an Early Feminist Advocated for the Right to Divorce

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Puerto Rican Activist Luisa Capetillo on the Trap of Being a Mother “Who Knows How to Do It All”

By Luisa Capetillo | September 14, 2021

The Books That Give Us Chills: On Reading Emotionally

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Veronica Esposito Considers the Power of Art on the Body

By Veronica Esposito | September 13, 2021

If I Had Loved Her Less: On a Queer Reading of Henry David Thoreau and the Daily Performance of Manhood

If I Had Loved Her Less: On a Queer Reading of Henry David Thoreau and the Daily Performance of Manhood

Jennifer Finney Boylan Considers What Risks We Take to Live Our Full Truth

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