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Thicker Than Water: A Brief History of Family Violence in Appalachian Kentucky

Thicker Than Water: A Brief History of Family Violence in Appalachian Kentucky

Angie Romines Explores the Darker Side of Her Ancestry

By Angie Romines | January 10, 2024

On the Long, Lonely Apprenticeship of the Writing Life

On the Long, Lonely Apprenticeship of the Writing Life

Kayla Min Andrews Remembers Her Mother, Author Katherine Min

By Kayla Min Andrews | January 10, 2024

Motherhood Is Antarctica: On the Underexplored Landscape of Postpartum Loneliness

Motherhood Is Antarctica: On the Underexplored Landscape of Postpartum Loneliness

Marie Doezema Explores the Icy Wilderness of New Parenthood in a Pandemic

By Marie Doezema | January 8, 2024

Memories Aren’t Enough: Why Sometimes Only Fiction Can Solve the Mysteries of Life

Memories Aren’t Enough: Why Sometimes Only Fiction Can Solve the Mysteries of Life

Emily Schultz on the Importance of Slanted Truths in Storytelling

By Emily Schultz | January 3, 2024

Blake Butler on (Not) Finding Your Voice

Blake Butler on (Not) Finding Your Voice

“Your only job is to find a way to secure enough time to keep throwing yourself into the void.”

By Blake Butler | December 22, 2023

The Complicated Experience of Reading a Late Friend’s Novel

The Complicated Experience of Reading a Late Friend’s Novel

“I learned later that he had left a piece of paper with four stark words on it: ’Suicide notes are tacky.‘”

By Matthew Hays | December 20, 2023

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The Power of Passivity: On Choosing to Do Nothing

Maura Lammers Considers the Role of Inaction in Fiction and in Real Life

By Maura Lammers | December 13, 2023

One Naomi, Two Naomis, Three: The Too-Real Experience of Reading Naomi Klein’s <em>Doppelgänger</em>

One Naomi, Two Naomis, Three: The Too-Real Experience of Reading Naomi Klein’s Doppelgänger

Naomi J. Williams on Being Mistaken for Other Naomis in Art and Life

By Naomi J. Williams | December 12, 2023

On the Difficulty of Giving Books as Gifts

On the Difficulty of Giving Books as Gifts

“Oh, no, it’s a... book.”

By Lewis Buzbee | December 11, 2023

Finding Hope, Meaning, and Purpose in a Jenny Zhang Story

Finding Hope, Meaning, and Purpose in a Jenny Zhang Story

Channler Twyman on the Fragility of Belonging to Someone Else

By Channler Twyman | December 8, 2023

After Australia: Robyn Davidson on Discovering Her Next Adventure

After Australia: Robyn Davidson on Discovering Her Next Adventure

“Perhaps a strong fate is nothing more than a reckless disregard for consequences.”

By Robyn Davidson | December 7, 2023

Shadow Face: Jessica Moore on the Dissolving Margins of Motherhood

Shadow Face: Jessica Moore on the Dissolving Margins of Motherhood

“I was made dangerously permeable so my babies could be born.”

By Jessica Moore | December 7, 2023

Between Conversion and Repentance: Christian Wiman on the Uses of Fiction

Between Conversion and Repentance: Christian Wiman on the Uses of Fiction

“Once I wanted poetry to save me. From what? For what is the better question.”

By Christian Wiman | December 5, 2023

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