On Doing Everything Possible to Avoid Becoming a Lawyer (and Failing)

On Doing Everything Possible to Avoid Becoming a Lawyer (and Failing)

Anna Dorn Tries to Stay Out of the Family Business

By Anna Dorn | May 10, 2021

Marching the Streets of San Francisco With Novelist and Activist, Kay Boyle

Marching the Streets of San Francisco With Novelist and Activist, Kay Boyle

Marianne Goldsmith on the Hero Whose Name We Should All Know

By Marianne Goldsmith | May 7, 2021

A Lasting Gift: Remembering My Friend Kim Chernin

A Lasting Gift: Remembering My Friend Kim Chernin

Gail Reitano on the Life and Career of a Beloved Mentor and Kindred Spirit

By Gail Reitano | May 7, 2021

Greta Lee will write and star in A24's TV adaptation of Cathy Park Hong’s <em>Minor Feelings</em>.

Greta Lee will write and star in A24's TV adaptation of Cathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings.

By Walker Caplan | May 6, 2021

My Boxing is Everything: On Trying to Punch Like Ernest Hemingway

My Boxing is Everything: On Trying to Punch Like Ernest Hemingway

Alison Dean Explores What It Means to Write, Drink, and
Fight to Feel Alive

By Alison Dean | May 6, 2021

A Stone You Never Put Down: The Secret Languages of Grief

A Stone You Never Put Down: The Secret Languages of Grief

Carol Smith on Finding a Lexicon Beyond Words After Unimaginable Loss

By Carol Smith | May 6, 2021

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All in the Timing: On Publishing a Novel Nine Years After Giving Up on It

By Joy Lanzendorfer | May 5, 2021

Seeking Stillness and Sunlight: On the Art of Fly-Fishing

By David Coggins | May 5, 2021

Dylanalia, Deep Data, and More: New and Noteworthy Nonfiction This May

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Personal Space: Julie Metz on Memoir as the Key to Locked Family Stories

Personal Space: Julie Metz on Memoir as the Key to Locked Family Stories

The Author of Eva and Eve Talks to Sari Botton

By The Virtual Book Channel | May 5, 2021

This is how Alison Bechdel jumpstarts her creativity.

This is how Alison Bechdel jumpstarts her creativity.

By Vanessa Willoughby | May 3, 2021

Redefining the Modern Flâneuse: A Reading List

Redefining the Modern Flâneuse: A Reading List

Kavita Bedford Recommends Work By Valeria Luiselli, Olivia Laing, and More

By Kavita Bedford | May 3, 2021

Seeking a Counterculture of Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing

Seeking a Counterculture of Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing

Pete Davis on Making Meaning Through the Radical Act of Limiting Your Options

By Pete Davis | May 3, 2021

Exploring My Disparate Cultures in Fiction Helped Me Better Understand Them Both

Exploring My Disparate Cultures in Fiction Helped Me Better Understand Them Both

Gian Sardar on the Distance Between Kurdistan and Rural Minnesota

By Gian Sardar | May 3, 2021

Adam Mansbach on the Difficulty of Writing an Honest Elegy About His Brother

Adam Mansbach on the Difficulty of Writing an Honest Elegy About His Brother

Shawn Setaro in Conversation with the Author of I Had a Brother Once

By Shawn Setaro | May 3, 2021

"Write as if you were dying." Read Annie Dillard’s greatest writing advice.

By Walker Caplan | April 30, 2021

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