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The spiciest takeaways from Tina Brown’s <em> Vanity Fair Diaries. </em>

The spiciest takeaways from Tina Brown’s Vanity Fair Diaries.

By Brittany Allen | August 27, 2024

Love in the Time of Hillbilly Elegy: On JD Vance’s Appalachian Grift

Love in the Time of Hillbilly Elegy: On JD Vance’s Appalachian Grift

Justin B. Wymer Knows a Snake When He Sees One

By Justin B. Wymer | August 27, 2024

Rejecting Denial and Embracing Sorrow: On Writing the Story of a Husband’s Suicide

Rejecting Denial and Embracing Sorrow: On Writing the Story of a Husband’s Suicide

Alexandra Marshall Explores the Tension Between the Diverging Demands of Fiction and Memoir

By Alexandra Marshall | August 27, 2024

On the Dark History and Ongoing Ableist Legacy of the IQ Test

On the Dark History and Ongoing Ableist Legacy of the IQ Test

Pepper Stetler Explores How Research Helps Us Understand the Past to Create a Better Future

By Pepper Stetler | August 23, 2024

A Kind of Arctic Madness: On Christiane Ritter’s Essential Memoir of the Far North

A Kind of Arctic Madness: On Christiane Ritter’s Essential Memoir of the Far North

Colin Dickey Goes All the Way to Svalbard to Read “A Woman in the Polar Night”

By Colin Dickey | August 22, 2024

Rosie Schaap on Losing Her Husband: “He Wanted to Go on Reading Because He Wanted to Go on Living.”

Rosie Schaap on Losing Her Husband: “He Wanted to Go on Reading Because He Wanted to Go on Living.”

The Unhappiest of Valentine’s Day in a Brooklyn Hospice

By Rosie Schaap | August 21, 2024

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Sadiya Ansari Considers the Impact and Legacy of Displacement After Partition

By Sadiya Ansari | August 14, 2024

Scheherazade Was a Liar, Too: How Secrets Can Fuel Creative and Personal Exploration

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Navid Sinaki on Finding His Voice as a Young, Queer Iranian Immigrant

By Navid Sinaki | August 13, 2024

Remembering the Jasmine of Ramallah; Or, How to Write to the Heart of the Matter in a Broken World

Remembering the Jasmine of Ramallah; Or, How to Write to the Heart of the Matter in a Broken World

Ben Ehrenreich on the Impossibility of Narrative Containment

By Ben Ehrenreich | August 8, 2024

On My Attempt to Become a Better Tennis Player By Reading Self-Help Books

On My Attempt to Become a Better Tennis Player By Reading Self-Help Books

Keith Gandal Zen on the Art of Losing Badly

By Keith Gandal | July 31, 2024

Returning to the Scene: What’s Left of Café Loup, Legendary NYC Literary Haunt?

Returning to the Scene: What’s Left of Café Loup, Legendary NYC Literary Haunt?

Erin Edmison Looks Back From Her Customary Spot at the Bar

By Erin Edmison | July 31, 2024

On Lying About Reading, or: How I Learned That Stieg Larsson Is Good, Actually

On Lying About Reading, or: How I Learned That Stieg Larsson Is Good, Actually

Sara Martin Considers the Motivations Behind Our Literary Untruths

By Sara Martin | July 29, 2024

Lost and Found: Why I Almost Quit Journalism (and What Brought Me Back)

Lost and Found: Why I Almost Quit Journalism (and What Brought Me Back)

Lauren Markham: “Becoming lost within my profession helped me find my way back again.”

By Lauren Markham | July 26, 2024

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