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Jamie Figueroa on the Fraught Process of (Re)Claiming the Spanish Language

Jamie Figueroa on the Fraught Process of (Re)Claiming the Spanish Language

“With this tongue, with this mouth, I speak, I hold, I force out, I take in.”

By Jamie Figueroa | March 22, 2024

The Writer Next Door: My Life As Joyce Carol Oates’ Neighbor

The Writer Next Door: My Life As Joyce Carol Oates’ Neighbor

“I wanted to believe that Oates knew we existed. While her cat clearly knew who we were, she never did.”

By Mia Manzulli | March 21, 2024

In Search of Visibility: Kao Kalia Yang on Sharing the Hmong Refugee Experience

In Search of Visibility: Kao Kalia Yang on Sharing the Hmong Refugee Experience

“Each story that I share opens me up to and for the world in ways that I never knew were possible.”

By Kao Kalia Yang | March 21, 2024

Elspeth Barker on Jealousy, Truest of Human Vices

Elspeth Barker on Jealousy, Truest of Human Vices

“Female jealousy is associated with witchery, bitchery, dementia, and underhand behavior.”

By Elspeth Barker | March 20, 2024

Marie Mutsuki Mockett on Writing in Times of Sickness and Health

Marie Mutsuki Mockett on Writing in Times of Sickness and Health

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Tree Doctor”

By Jane Ciabattari | March 19, 2024

Francophone, Anglophone... Cameroonian? Musih Tedji Xaviere on Telling the Story of Her Country’s Struggles

Francophone, Anglophone... Cameroonian? Musih Tedji Xaviere on Telling the Story of Her Country’s Struggles

"I realized I didn't care anymore about my fears, the object of my limitations."

By Musih Tedji Xaviere | March 18, 2024

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