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Why Testimonial and Confessional Writing Remains Necessary in the Post-#MeToo Era

Why Testimonial and Confessional Writing Remains Necessary in the Post-#MeToo Era

Jamie Hood In Defense of the Earnest, the Sentimental, and Those Who Still Need to Put Their Trauma Into Words

By Jamie Hood | March 25, 2025

Graydon Carter on <br>The Golden Age of Magazines

Graydon Carter on
The Golden Age of Magazines

Terry McDonell Talks to Legendary Editor About His New Book

By Terry McDonell | March 25, 2025

The Power of Absence: How Loss Can Help Fuel a Creative Life

The Power of Absence: How Loss Can Help Fuel a Creative Life

Sanam Mahloudji: “If I didn’t feel an absence or a sense of loss, there would be no need to write.”

By Sanam Mahloudji | March 25, 2025

Constructing Blackness: Reading My Identity in Maryse Condé’s “Segu”

Constructing Blackness: Reading My Identity in Maryse Condé’s “Segu”

Mia Fowler on Traveling to Ghana and Making Sense of Herself

By Mia Fowler | March 24, 2025

The Two Times You Meet the Devil: On Chance Encounters With the Everyday Strange

The Two Times You Meet the Devil: On Chance Encounters With the Everyday Strange

A. Kendra Greene: “The more I think about it, the more I wonder how many times we have met... and the devil has said nothing.”

By A. Kendra Greene | March 21, 2025

On Writing the Hospital

On Writing the Hospital

Madeleine Wulfahrt Considers “Small Rain” and the Future of Post-Pandemic Literature of Illness

By Madeleine Wulfahrt | March 20, 2025

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To Run With Music is to Encounter Yourself With Every Step

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“My First Porno, My First Dildo, My First Love.” On José Donoso’s The Mysterious Disappearance of the Marquise of Loria

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How Visions of Freediving Helped Diane Mehta Finish Her Novel

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The Author of "Happier Far" Reflects on Racism and the Religious Experience of Underwater Immersion

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Maris Kreizman to Gavin Newsom: WE DON’T NEED YOUR MEMOIR

By Maris Kreizman | March 13, 2025

When an (Extremely Prolific) Author Shares Your Name

When an (Extremely Prolific) Author Shares Your Name

Bryan Alistair Charles on the Unexpected Gifts of Discovering Brian Charles

By Bryan Alistair Charles | March 11, 2025

You Cannot Go to Your Country: Victoria Amelina on the Start of War in Ukraine

You Cannot Go to Your Country: Victoria Amelina on the Start of War in Ukraine

From Her Unfinished Book, “Looking at Women Looking at War”

By Victoria Amelina | March 6, 2025

Unweaving the Web: On Creating Your Own Narrative of Illness and Health

Unweaving the Web: On Creating Your Own Narrative of Illness and Health

Sophie Strand Explores the Limitations of Traditional Ideas About Disease, Trauma and Healing

By Sophie Strand | March 6, 2025

A War Zone Pediatrician on What Comes After the Horrors of a Gaza Emergency Room

A War Zone Pediatrician on What Comes After the Horrors of a Gaza Emergency Room

Dr. Seema Jilani Reckons with the Hypocrisy of Western Liberal Institutions

By Seema Jilani | March 5, 2025

How Loneliness and Companionship Can Impact a Writer’s Creative Life

How Loneliness and Companionship Can Impact a Writer’s Creative Life

Emily Hodgson Anderson: “What I realized in retrospect was how this personal trajectory... is one I live through, in microcosm, every time I write.”

By Emily Hodgson Anderson | March 5, 2025

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