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Hugh Bonneville on His Illustrious <em>Downton Abbey</em> Castmate, Maggie Smith

Hugh Bonneville on His Illustrious Downton Abbey Castmate, Maggie Smith

“We all knew Highclere Castle was the lead character. And we all knew that Maggie Smith ran a pretty close second.”

By Hugh Bonneville | November 9, 2022

Ben Aitken Reads from His New Memoir <em>The Marmalade Diaries</em>

Ben Aitken Reads from His New Memoir The Marmalade Diaries

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | November 9, 2022

How Stoicism Guided Me Through Opening a Small Town Bookstore in the Midst of the Pandemic

How Stoicism Guided Me Through Opening a Small Town Bookstore in the Midst of the Pandemic

Ryan Holiday on Embracing the Struggle Against the World’s Indifference

By Ryan Holiday | November 7, 2022

“I Fight to Learn What it Means to Feel Calm.” Laura van den Berg on Boxing, Vulnerability, and Process

“I Fight to Learn What it Means to Feel Calm.” Laura van den Berg on Boxing, Vulnerability, and Process

Introducing When I’m Not Writing, a Series About Writers and Their Hobbies

By Laura van den Berg | November 7, 2022

Accidental Craft: On Discovering the Right Way (For Me) to Revise

Accidental Craft: On Discovering the Right Way (For Me) to Revise

Sorayya Khan Gets a Little Messy Finding the Shape of Her Work

By Sorayya Khan | November 7, 2022

What’s <em>The Crown</em> Without a Living Queen Elizabeth II?

What’s The Crown Without a Living Queen Elizabeth II?

Matthew Redmond on the Blurred Lines Between Living and Historical Memory

By Matthew Redmond | November 7, 2022

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Qian Julie Wang on Zou Or, The Act of Leaving

By Qian Julie Wang | November 7, 2022

Lessons on Community From a Father Reading Dostoyevsky

By Chris Dombrowski | November 7, 2022

Theaters of War: When Performance Becomes Deadly

By Lyle Jeremy Rubin | November 4, 2022

On a Desperate Journey to Ciudad Juárez—and the Costly, Dangerous Reality of Abortion in 1968

On a Desperate Journey to Ciudad Juárez—and the Costly, Dangerous Reality of Abortion in 1968

One Woman’s Story of Pregnancy Termination

By Becca Andrews | November 4, 2022

Is Revenge-Baking a Thing?

Is Revenge-Baking a Thing?

Becca Rea-Tucker Finds Kitchen Catharsis with Black Pepper Snowballs

By Becca Rea-Tucker | November 4, 2022

Serena Burdick on Her Novel’s Seventeen-Year Journey to Publication

Serena Burdick on Her Novel’s Seventeen-Year Journey to Publication

“To survive, or at least to survive sanely, it takes a certain amount of endurance.”

By Serena Burdick | November 4, 2022

Dani Shapiro on the Fifteen Year Journey of <em>Signal Fires</em>

Dani Shapiro on the Fifteen Year Journey of Signal Fires

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | November 4, 2022

How to Go Home: On Resisting a Very English Hero’s Journey

How to Go Home: On Resisting a Very English Hero’s Journey

Ellie Robins Considers the Dangers of the Monomyth

By Ellie Robins | November 3, 2022

Navigating Life with Misophonia: “For the Past Ten Years I Have Lived Inside Music.”

Navigating Life with Misophonia: “For the Past Ten Years I Have Lived Inside Music.”

Sussie Anie on Finding Connection in Stories

By Sussie Anie | November 3, 2022

<em>I’ve Got It!</em> Judy Blume Tells the Story of Her First Period

I’ve Got It! Judy Blume Tells the Story of Her First Period

The Author of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Recalls the Confusion and Joy Around the Rite of Passage

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