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What Illness Can—and Cannot—Tell Us About Ourselves

What Illness Can—and Cannot—Tell Us About Ourselves

Graham Caveney on Cancer, the Body and the Philosophy of Mortality

By Graham Caveney | May 30, 2024

Eternal Solace: Eve J. Chung on Tradition, Family and Mourning in Taiwan

Eternal Solace: Eve J. Chung on Tradition, Family and Mourning in Taiwan

“I do not idealize the afterlife, but that is largely because of the privilege I have in my present.”

By Eve J. Chung | May 29, 2024

Lost and Found: KB Brookins on Masculinity, Gender and Trauma

Lost and Found: KB Brookins on Masculinity, Gender and Trauma

"I was a girl in the imagination of others and nowhere else."

By KB Brookins | May 29, 2024

Remembering Paul Auster

Remembering Paul Auster

1947-2024

By Literary Hub | May 28, 2024

Beauty and Terror: On Understanding and Accepting a Schizophrenic Mother

Beauty and Terror: On Understanding and Accepting a Schizophrenic Mother

Nina St. Pierre Explores the Intersections of Spirituality and Mental Health

By Nina St. Pierre | May 28, 2024

The View From Kyiv: How Ukraine Confronted the Looming Threat of War

The View From Kyiv: How Ukraine Confronted the Looming Threat of War

Illia Ponomarenko on the Days Leading Up to Russia’s Invasion

By Illia Ponomarenko | May 24, 2024

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Why You Should Let Your Family Read Your Memoir in Advance

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Drifters, Searchers and Observers: In Praise of Quietly Unlikable Women

Drifters, Searchers and Observers: In Praise of Quietly Unlikable Women

Mesha Maren on the Sisters of Longing Who Inspire Her Work

By Mesha Maren | May 21, 2024

Jessie Gaynor on Rereading <em>The Corrections</em> While Navigating Her Mother’s Parkinson’s

Jessie Gaynor on Rereading The Corrections While Navigating Her Mother’s Parkinson’s

“The book is the same every time, but I am different, so what it offers me is different.”

By Jessie Gaynor | May 21, 2024

What Pearl S. Buck’s Memoir Can Teach Parents of Disabled Children

What Pearl S. Buck’s Memoir Can Teach Parents of Disabled Children

Emily C. Bloom on the Impact and Legacy of “The Child Who Never Grew”

By Emily C. Bloom | May 20, 2024

The Poetry of Chinese Names

The Poetry of Chinese Names

Wendy Chen on Generation Poems and the Stories Hidden in Names

By Wendy Chen | May 20, 2024

Clocks, Cameras, Cracked Doll Faces: The Confessions of a Serial Collector

Clocks, Cameras, Cracked Doll Faces: The Confessions of a Serial Collector

Nancy Miller Gomez on the Origins and Evolution of an Obsession

By Nancy Miller Gomez | May 20, 2024

My Mother Will Live Forever in the Stories of Alice Munro

My Mother Will Live Forever in the Stories of Alice Munro

Jonny Diamond on the Timeless Genius of Canada’s Greatest Writer

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A bunch of fake Kathleen Hanna biographies were released on the same day as her new memoir.

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