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Where Words Dissolve: Yoko Tawada on Language as a Destabilizing Force

Where Words Dissolve: Yoko Tawada on Language as a Destabilizing Force

“I am searching for that state just before individual languages are dismantled—freed from their meanings and finally annihilated.”

By Yoko Tawada | August 18, 2025

A Million Sour Cherry Orchards: Olia Hercules on Remembering the Ghosts of Ukraine

A Million Sour Cherry Orchards: Olia Hercules on Remembering the Ghosts of Ukraine

The Author of "Strong Roots" Paints a Portrait of Her Ancestral Land in the Wake of Russia's Invasion

By Olia Hercules | August 15, 2025

Secrecy, Leverage, and Power: The Art World’s Economy of Truth

Secrecy, Leverage, and Power: The Art World’s Economy of Truth

Orlando Whitfield on Friendship, Deceit, and an Art Deal Gone Wrong

By Orlando Whitfield | August 15, 2025

Carole Hinojosa on Motherhood in the Face of Addiction

Carole Hinojosa on Motherhood in the Face of Addiction

“Everybody says they care and want to help. Does anybody really care?”

By Carole Hinojosa | August 15, 2025

A Tour of the Private: Traversing the Physical and Memory Landscape of North America

A Tour of the Private: Traversing the Physical and Memory Landscape of North America

Joanna Pocock Retraces Her Transcontinental Journey and Revisits the Circumstances That Motivated It

By Joanna Pocock | August 14, 2025

“My Legacy is of Broken Men.” Michael Thomas on Dreams, Alcoholism, and Black Fatherhood

“My Legacy is of Broken Men.” Michael Thomas on Dreams, Alcoholism, and Black Fatherhood

The Author of “The Broken King” Unpacks Intimacy and the the Fear of Endangering His Son

By Michael Thomas | August 14, 2025

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What Happened When I Tried to Replace Myself with ChatGPT in My English Classroom

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How Canadian Laws and Institutions Sought to Erase Indigenous Peoples and Cultures

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Tanya Talaga Explores the Intersections of a Family Mystery and the Ongoing Legacy of Genocide Against Canada’s First Nations

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On the Unlikeliness of Life: Why We’re Still Lucky to Be Alive Today

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Simon Boas Considers the Ways Fate, Circumstance and Privilege Influence How We Live

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The Stories That Shape Us: On Navigating the Aftermath of Suicide in Memoir

The Stories That Shape Us: On Navigating the Aftermath of Suicide in Memoir

Ruthie Ackerman: “We are everything that ever happened to us.”

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With Love, Dad: On Finally Meeting My Father, the Novelist Austin Clarke

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Darcy Ballantyne on the Long Process of Getting to Know an Enigmatic Father

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