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Mukoma Wa Ngugi: On the Poem That Made Me Fall in Love with Words

Mukoma Wa Ngugi: On the Poem That Made Me Fall in Love with Words

A Close Reading of Sonia Sanchez's "Poem at Thirty"

By Mukoma Wa Ngugi | July 17, 2019

Kevin Alexander on the Funny, Unflinching, Cooking Memoirs You Need to Read

Kevin Alexander on the Funny, Unflinching, Cooking Memoirs You Need to Read

The Best Memoirs from the Back of the House

By Kevin Alexander | July 16, 2019

A Laid-Off Journalist Takes a Job in an Amazon Warehouse

A Laid-Off Journalist Takes a Job in an Amazon Warehouse

Emily Guendelsberger on the High Human Cost of Low-Wage Work

By Emily Guendelsberger | July 16, 2019

A Chef Traces the Start of Her Career to Her Mother's Childhood

A Chef Traces the Start of Her Career to Her Mother's Childhood

Iliana Regan on the Love and Comfort of Food in a Cold World

By Iliana Regan | July 15, 2019

A Firsthand Account of a 10-Year-Old Girl Fleeing Guatemala for Mexico

A Firsthand Account of a 10-Year-Old Girl Fleeing Guatemala for Mexico

Claudia D. Hernández Heads for the Northern Border

By Claudia D. Hernández | July 10, 2019

On Falling for a Statue of Hermes in Athens

On Falling for a Statue of Hermes in Athens

What Grant Ginder Learned in Greece

By Grant Ginder | July 9, 2019

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

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The Torture of Being Trapped in an Australian Refugee Detention Center

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Coming to the Realization That I Might Have PTSD

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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
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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."

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