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My White Whale Was a 50-Pound Fish in Martha's Vineyard

My White Whale Was a 50-Pound Fish in Martha's Vineyard

Janet Messineo on the "Post Traumatic Fishing Disorder" After Losing a Big Fish

By Janet Messineo | July 2, 2019

The Torture of Being Trapped in an Australian Refugee Detention Center

The Torture of Being Trapped in an Australian Refugee Detention Center

Behrouz Boochani Recounts the Injustices in Manus Island Prison

By Behrouz Boochani | June 28, 2019

Coming to the Realization That I Might Have PTSD

Coming to the Realization That I Might Have PTSD

Ryan Leigh Dostie on Restlessness and Violence Post-Iraq

By Ryan Leigh Dostie | June 28, 2019

A Life-Changing Afternoon in Paris With Edmund White

A Life-Changing Afternoon in Paris With Edmund White

Michael Carroll on Their First Meeting

By Michael Carroll | June 28, 2019

Paul Auster on the Time He Met Samuel Beckett

Paul Auster on the Time He Met Samuel Beckett

"One remark speaks to the dilemma all writers must live with: eternal doubt, the inability to judge the worth of what one has created."

By Paul Auster | June 27, 2019

The Memoir I Never Wanted<br> to Write

The Memoir I Never Wanted
to Write

Chavisa Woods on Documenting Sexism and Abuse

By Chavisa Woods | June 26, 2019

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Remembering Merce Cunningham and Radical Dance in Postwar Paris

By Marianne Preger-Simon | June 26, 2019

On Being a Woman Who Loves Math

By Catherine Chung | June 25, 2019

Annie Proulx on One of Her Favorite Short Stories

By Annie Proulx | June 24, 2019

On Kathy Acker: A Desk, A Disease, An Accounting

On Kathy Acker: A Desk, A Disease, An Accounting

"I find Kathy’s stuff and have that feeling I sometimes get of not being alone."

By Teresa Rose Carmody | June 19, 2019

Jayson Greene on the Risks of Writing About Grief

Jayson Greene on the Risks of Writing About Grief

"The worst stories are the self-serving ones."

By Hannah Seidlitz | June 17, 2019

Fathers and Sons: The Things We Talk About to Avoid Talking to Each Other

Fathers and Sons: The Things We Talk About to Avoid Talking to Each Other

Dean Kuipers on the Conversations He Didn't Have with His Dad

By Dean Kuipers | June 14, 2019

A Brief Literary History of Absolutely Terrible Dads

A Brief Literary History of Absolutely Terrible Dads

Happy Father's Day! Please Enjoy These Bad Dad Memoirs

By Andrew Thurman | June 14, 2019

Red Sox Great Luis Tiant on Reuniting with His Father After 14 Years

Red Sox Great Luis Tiant on Reuniting with His Father After 14 Years

By a Stroke of Luck Luis Sr. is Allowed by Castro to Leave Cuba

By Luis Tiant | June 14, 2019

Remembering My Father, Jacques Lacan

Remembering My Father, Jacques Lacan

Sibylle Lacan on the Influences of an Absent Father

By Sibylle Lacan | June 14, 2019

Eileen Myles: <em>Chelsea Girls</em> was the documentary I wanted to make.

Eileen Myles: Chelsea Girls was the documentary I wanted to make.

By Eileen Myles | June 13, 2019

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