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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

Remembering Merce Cunningham and Radical Dance in Postwar Paris

Remembering Merce Cunningham and Radical Dance in Postwar Paris

Marianne Preger-Simon on Dancing with an Icon

By Marianne Preger-Simon | June 26, 2019

On Being a Woman Who Loves Math

On Being a Woman Who Loves Math

Catherine Chung Finds Inspiration in the Lives of Otherwise Forgotten Mathematicians

By Catherine Chung | June 25, 2019

Annie Proulx on One of Her Favorite Short Stories

Annie Proulx on One of Her Favorite Short Stories

A Close Reading of William Gass's "The Pedersen Kid"

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

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

By Dean Kuipers | June 14, 2019

A Brief Literary History of Absolutely Terrible Dads

By Andrew Thurman | June 14, 2019

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

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

On the Syrian Border, 2015, After the Story's

On the Syrian Border, 2015, After the Story's "Gone Elsewhere"

Elliot Ackerman Visits a Refugee Camp Near Tel Abyad

By Elliot Ackerman | June 13, 2019

Sex, Violence, and Jerry Lewis: Aleksandar Hemon on the Preoccupations of His 10-Year-Old Self

Sex, Violence, and Jerry Lewis: Aleksandar Hemon on the Preoccupations of His 10-Year-Old Self

"Inside that nothing there are memories, and inside those memories there are snakes."

By Aleksandar Hemon | June 13, 2019

City Lights: A Young Cree Boy Journeys to Edmonton

City Lights: A Young Cree Boy Journeys to Edmonton

From Darrel J. McLeod's Memoir, Mamaskatch

By Darrel J. McLeod | June 12, 2019

In the Aftermath of a Plane Crash

In the Aftermath of a Plane Crash

From Eduardo Strauch's Memoir

By Eduardo Strauch and Mireya Soriano | June 10, 2019

Philippe Petit Meditates on His Life Walking the High Wire

Philippe Petit Meditates on His Life Walking the High Wire

Glimpses of the Finite and Infinite, As Translated by Paul Auster

By Philippe Petit | June 3, 2019

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