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'Something Like My Own Obituary.' Albert Einstein on Skepticism, Reason, and Truth

'Something Like My Own Obituary.' Albert Einstein on Skepticism, Reason, and Truth

From His Autobiographical Notes

By Albert Einstein | May 14, 2020

On Embracing the Wig After a Cancer Diagnosis

On Embracing the Wig After a Cancer Diagnosis

Mary Ladd Finds Small Pleasures in an Altered Reality

By Mary Ladd | May 14, 2020

A Girl’s Story

A Girl’s Story

Annie Ernaux trans. by Alison Strayer

By Lit Hub Excerpts | May 13, 2020

Compassion and Care: Being an EMT During a Pandemic

Compassion and Care: Being an EMT During a Pandemic

Maya Alexandri on Offering Help to Those Who Might Not Always Want It

By Maya Alexandri | May 13, 2020

Wayne Koestenbaum Considers Incense, Irish Spring, and, Yes, Some Other Smells

Wayne Koestenbaum Considers Incense, Irish Spring, and, Yes, Some Other Smells

(And, Also, How Montaigne's Ideas Have Left Their Mark)

By Wayne Koestenbaum | May 13, 2020

Samantha Harvey on Grappling with Insomnia and Reckoning With the Past

Samantha Harvey on Grappling with Insomnia and Reckoning With the Past

From Her Memoir The Shapeless Unease

By Samantha Harvey | May 13, 2020

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  • Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World

Rediscovering Lou Gehrig's
Lost Memoir

By Alan D. Gaff | May 12, 2020

An Illustrated Day at the Portland Book Festival

By Leslie Stein | May 11, 2020

Life in Lockdown with My Wonderful Brand New Family of Sea-Monkeys

By Aimee Knight | May 8, 2020

On First Hearing the Manic Rhythm of My Baby's Heart

On First Hearing the Manic Rhythm of My Baby's Heart

Gabriela Wiener Listens to Her Daughter

By Gabriela Wiener | May 8, 2020

Humera Afridi on the Quarantine State of Mind

Humera Afridi on the Quarantine State of Mind

A Brief Report From the Unknown

By Humera Afridi | May 8, 2020

Under a Sky Fall Full of Stars

Under a Sky Fall Full of Stars

David Searcy on the Slow Quiet of Life in a Pandemic

By David Searcy | May 7, 2020

Jennifer Weiner on Representations of Fatness and the Line Between Affirmation and Self-Loathing

Jennifer Weiner on Representations of Fatness and the Line Between Affirmation and Self-Loathing

The Author of Big Summer Wonders About Love
and Digital Connection

By Jennifer Weiner | May 5, 2020

My Displacement Has Shown Me Where My Home Is

My Displacement Has Shown Me Where My Home Is

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai on Moving Through a Global Pandemic

By Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai | May 5, 2020

Highly recommended: the intimacy of correspondence via voice message.

Highly recommended: the intimacy of correspondence via voice message.

By Jonny Diamond | May 4, 2020

Tori Amos is Always Listening <br>to The Muses

Tori Amos is Always Listening
to The Muses

The Songwriter/Memoirist Opens Up About Her Creative Process

By Brian Gresko | May 4, 2020

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