What It’s Like to Teach a<br> Magpie How to Fly

What It’s Like to Teach a
Magpie How to Fly

"We are not, I have to admit, necessarily raising this magpie in the most natural way."

By Charlie Gilmour | January 5, 2021

A Season to Set the House on Fire: On the End of a Marriage

A Season to Set the House on Fire: On the End of a Marriage

Elaine Bleakney Navigates What Remains

By Elaine Bleakney | January 5, 2021

Kiese Laymon: Precious Writers Have Omission, Not Subtext

Kiese Laymon: Precious Writers Have Omission, Not Subtext

In Conversation with Eddie Glaude on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | December 28, 2020

Natasha Trethewey on Public Grief in Poetry and Memoir

Natasha Trethewey on Public Grief in Poetry and Memoir

In Conversation with Eddie Glaude on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | December 23, 2020

Etel Adnan Contemplates Aging Amid the California Wildfires

Etel Adnan Contemplates Aging Amid the California Wildfires

"The question arises: are we just a series of chemical reactions?"

By Etel Adnan | December 23, 2020

Finding My Father Through His Relationship with Judaism

Finding My Father Through His Relationship with Judaism

Deborah Tannen on Growing Up in a Proudly Jewish—if Not Necessarily Religious—Household

By Deborah Tannen | December 22, 2020

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On the Solstice: Deep Winter Dreams of the Spring to Come

By Rick Bass | December 21, 2020

Lorna Dee Cervantes on Allen Ginsberg and the Interplay Between Beat and
Chicano Poetry

By Lorna Dee Cervantes | December 21, 2020

Darkness Before Dawn: Tales of a Pandemic Reopening

By Andrés Felipe Solano | December 18, 2020

TFW Your Twitter Account Gets Stolen and There's Nothing You Can Do

TFW Your Twitter Account Gets Stolen and There's Nothing You Can Do

Rob Spillman on Finding—and Losing—Literary Community Online

By Rob Spillman | December 17, 2020

Abortion is Already a Whisper-Network Procedure All Over America

Abortion is Already a Whisper-Network Procedure All Over America

During Her Unplanned Pregnancy, Christa Parravani Considers the Ripple Effects of Barriers to Abortion

By Christa Parravani | December 17, 2020

Penguin Random House and Jay-Z's Roc Nation have launched a new imprint.

Penguin Random House and Jay-Z's Roc Nation have launched a new imprint.

By Rasheeda Saka | December 15, 2020

Six Book Critics Walk Into a Zoom to Talk About Autofiction

Six Book Critics Walk Into a Zoom to Talk About Autofiction

A Totally Fictional Story by Marion Winik Featuring
a Martin Amis Cameo

By Marion Winik | December 14, 2020

On Translating Poems While Riding the Metro in Rome

On Translating Poems While Riding the Metro in Rome

Damiano Abeni: Transforming Texts as a Performing Art

By Damiano Abeni | December 14, 2020

Diary of a Covid Year

Diary of a Covid Year

A Neurology Resident Watches from Afar as She Loses Her Father to Covid-19

By Saroj Kunnakkat | December 11, 2020

Valérie Plante on Her Way to Becoming Montreal’s (First Woman) Mayor

Valérie Plante on Her Way to Becoming Montreal’s (First Woman) Mayor

From Valérie Plante and Delphie Côté-Lacroix's Okay, Universe

By Valerie Plante and Delphie Cote-Lacroix | December 11, 2020

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