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Immobilized and in Love with Albertine Sarrazin, Patron Saint of Delinquent Writers

Immobilized and in Love with Albertine Sarrazin, Patron Saint of Delinquent Writers

“I cannot move. Sarrazin comes to my aid.”

By Cora Womble-Miesner | March 18, 2021

Imagining Isolation: When the Plots of Your Fiction Spill Into the Real World

Imagining Isolation: When the Plots of Your Fiction Spill Into the Real World

Paul Lynch on Life and Literature in COVID Lockdown

By Paul Lynch | March 18, 2021

Finding Home: On the Journey Back to Writing as a Single Mother

Finding Home: On the Journey Back to Writing as a Single Mother

Kelly McMasters: “My own writing, meanwhile, was like a distant song.”

By Kelly McMasters | March 17, 2021

At New Directions University: Literary and Life Lessons from an Iconic Publisher

At New Directions University: Literary and Life Lessons from an Iconic Publisher

Mark Haber Traces an Indispensable Influence on His Reading
and Writing Life

By Mark Haber | March 17, 2021

How Japan’s Wind Phone Became a Bridge Between Life and Death

How Japan’s Wind Phone Became a Bridge Between Life and Death

Laura Imai Messina on Mourning, Resilience, and the Married Couple Who Changed Her Life

By Laura Imai Messina | March 17, 2021

Living in the “In-Between Spaces” of Elizabeth Bishop’s Life-Changing Poetry

Living in the “In-Between Spaces” of Elizabeth Bishop’s Life-Changing Poetry

Patricia Dwyer Rereads “In the Village” and “In the Waiting Room”

By Patricia M. Dwyer | March 16, 2021

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Out of the Attic: A Caregiver’s Rage and Jane Eyre

By Kate Washington | March 15, 2021

The Pain of Suddenly Realizing You’ve Become a Stepmom

By Emma Duffy-Comparone | March 15, 2021

The Hidden Cost of Girlhood: What Adults Get Wrong About Adolescent Eating Disorders

By Emily Layden | March 15, 2021

What a Memoir Can Reveal, Even About the Closest of Friends

What a Memoir Can Reveal, Even About the Closest of Friends

Jed Perl on Reading Nick Lyons’s Fire in the Straw

By Jed Perl | March 12, 2021

From Burden to Bounty: How Empathy Can Shape Family Dynamics

From Burden to Bounty: How Empathy Can Shape Family Dynamics

Sherry Turkle on Reuniting with Her Father After 19 Years of Estrangement

By Sherry Turkle | March 12, 2021

Unearthing the Stories of Those Who Escaped Auschwitz

Unearthing the Stories of Those Who Escaped Auschwitz

Victoria Shorr Finds the Heavy Weight of History in Her Own Family

By Victoria Shorr | March 12, 2021

Writing the What-If: The Aftermath of a Daughter’s Grief

Writing the What-If: The Aftermath of a Daughter’s Grief

Rebecca Handler on Exploring Alternate Narrative Paths

By Rebecca Handler | March 11, 2021

Finding Creativity in the Wintertime Rhythms of a Bordeaux Vineyard

Finding Creativity in the Wintertime Rhythms of a Bordeaux Vineyard

Mari Andrew on a Restorative Trip to France

By Mari Andrew | March 11, 2021

Nineteen Ways of Looking at <br>Marilynne Robinson

Nineteen Ways of Looking at
Marilynne Robinson

Kevin Brockmeier on the Literary Prowess (and Workshop Advice) of an American Icon

By Kevin Brockmeier | March 10, 2021

The Terrifying Doubts—and Important Lessons—of Becoming an Older Father

The Terrifying Doubts—and Important Lessons—of Becoming an Older Father

Josh Mohr Reckons With a Later-in-Life-Changing Event

By Joshua Mohr | March 10, 2021

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