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Finding a Writing Life of <br>One’s Own

Finding a Writing Life of
One’s Own

“I was not writing as an act of defiance or service or claim to myself. I was writing because I wanted to.”

By Seema Reza | February 20, 2024

The Third Person: Writing in the Aftermath of a Home Robbery

The Third Person: Writing in the Aftermath of a Home Robbery

Kate Sidley Wrote About Tidy Mysteries in a Faraway Country. Then Real Violence Came Into Her Home.

By Kate Sidley | February 19, 2024

“Endlessly Seductive, Endlessly Terrifying.” Lucy Sante on the Idea and Reality of Transition

“Endlessly Seductive, Endlessly Terrifying.” Lucy Sante on the Idea and Reality of Transition

Considering the Long Journey Towards Embracing the True Self

By Lucy Sante | February 14, 2024

Imaginary Homelands: Lauren Markham Returns to Ancestral Landscapes for the Very First Time

Imaginary Homelands: Lauren Markham Returns to Ancestral Landscapes for the Very First Time

“My ancestors had left Greece; now, a hundred years later, millions were desperate to get here.”

By Lauren Markham | February 13, 2024

Less is More: Shannon Reed on Re-Learning How to Read

Less is More: Shannon Reed on Re-Learning How to Read

“Reading is no longer a race that I might win, but a lifelong companion.”

By Shannon Reed | February 12, 2024

Writing Away the Angel in My Bedroom: On OCD

Writing Away the Angel in My Bedroom: On OCD

Cynthia Marie Hoffman on the Manifestations of Anxiety

By Cynthia Marie Hoffman | February 9, 2024

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Supernatural Inheritance: On a Unique Family Gift That Crosses Continents

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Fictionalizing Real Trauma as a Means of Healing

Fictionalizing Real Trauma as a Means of Healing

“The psychic burden would’ve been too great if I’d written the story as memoir.”

By Chris Cander | February 2, 2024

Landlord, Teacher, Writer: Brandi Wells on Learning to Separate Themself From Their Job(s)

Landlord, Teacher, Writer: Brandi Wells on Learning to Separate Themself From Their Job(s)

“Reframing work is an ongoing and sometimes impossible-seeming process.”

By Brandi Wells | January 31, 2024

How Ai Weiwei Marries Advocacy and Art at Home and Abroad

How Ai Weiwei Marries Advocacy and Art at Home and Abroad

From His Graphic Memoir, "Zodiac"

By Ai Weiwei, Elettra Stamboulis and Gianluca Costantini | January 30, 2024

What Fiction Can Reveal About the Fragile Fabric of Our Societies

What Fiction Can Reveal About the Fragile Fabric of Our Societies

Aminatta Forna on Over Two Decades of Literary Excavation of Sierra Leone’s Civil War

By Aminatta Forna | January 29, 2024

On Book Hoarding and the Perilous Paradox of Clutter

On Book Hoarding and the Perilous Paradox of Clutter

Vanessa Ogle Remembers Growing Up Among... Stuff

By Vanessa Ogle | January 29, 2024

Life a Cold Crematorium: A Long-Lost Memoir from a Holocaust Survivor

Life a Cold Crematorium: A Long-Lost Memoir from a Holocaust Survivor

József Debreczeni Recounts a Terrifying Train Ride from Hungary to Auschwitz with His Fellow Prisoners

By József Debreczeni | January 25, 2024

Crystal Wilkinson on the Importance of Birthdays in the Black Community

Crystal Wilkinson on the Importance of Birthdays in the Black Community

“Let us celebrate. Not in a way that is meant to milk our pocketbooks in the name of consumerism and capitalism, but with love.”

By Crystal Wilkinson | January 24, 2024

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