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The Lost Stitch, The Loosened Tile: Akiko Busch on the Ambiguities of Home

The Lost Stitch, The Loosened Tile: Akiko Busch on the Ambiguities of Home

“I remember the feel of these rooms much more than I even remember the people in them.”

By Akiko Busch | September 19, 2022

When Your OCD Therapy is Also a Treatment for Writers’ Block

When Your OCD Therapy is Also a Treatment for Writers’ Block

Elissa Bassist on Learning to Lean in to the Fear of Writing Like an Idiot

By Elissa Bassist | September 16, 2022

Learning the Culture of Blame as a Child at the State Welfare Office

Learning the Culture of Blame as a Child at the State Welfare Office

David Ambroz on the Hunger, Red Tape, and Unspoken Rules That Accompany Childhood Poverty

By David Ambroz | September 16, 2022

Fictionalizing the Stories of Two Women Who Fought to Save Jewish Children in World War II-Era Europe

Fictionalizing the Stories of Two Women Who Fought to Save Jewish Children in World War II-Era Europe

Kristin Beck on the Women Who Inspired Her Novel

By Kristin Beck | September 16, 2022

Read the Winners of <em>American Short Fiction</em>’s 2022 Insider Prize, Selected by Lauren Hough

Read the Winners of American Short Fiction’s 2022 Insider Prize, Selected by Lauren Hough

Memoir by Michael John Wiese; Fiction by David Antares

By Literary Hub | September 15, 2022

Abundant Joy: 9 Black Diasporic Voices Imagine a Better World

Abundant Joy: 9 Black Diasporic Voices Imagine a Better World

Natasha Marin Asked a Hundred Black Diasporic Voices About Power, Love, and Safety

By Natasha Marin | September 15, 2022

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A Life Told in Dishes: Five Essential Food Memoirs

By Sylvie Bigar | September 14, 2022

How Black History Saved Me: Peniel E. Joseph on His Path to Scholar-Activism

By Peniel E. Joseph | September 14, 2022

“I Can’t Believe I’ve Done This.” Jerry Stahl on Going All in for the Story

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | September 14, 2022

On Muriel Spark’s Complicated Balancing of Writing and Motherhood

On Muriel Spark’s Complicated Balancing of Writing and Motherhood

Begoña Gómez Urzaiz Considers the Competing Demands of Career and Childcare

By Begoña Gómez Urzaiz | September 12, 2022

Mychal Denzel Smith on How to Have an Opinion in Memoir

Mychal Denzel Smith on How to Have an Opinion in Memoir

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By Memoir Nation | September 12, 2022

The Danger—and Hope—of a First Year in America

The Danger—and Hope—of a First Year in America

Boyah J. Farah on Making the Immigrant Adjustment to Bedford, Massachusetts

By Boyah J. Farah | September 12, 2022

Javier Zamora: You Can't Simply Make Art From Your Trauma to Heal Yourself

Javier Zamora: You Can't Simply Make Art From Your Trauma to Heal Yourself

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | September 9, 2022

The Complicated Relationship Between Kansans and Truman Capote’s <em>In Cold Blood</em>

The Complicated Relationship Between Kansans and Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood

Jessa Crispin on the Allure of “Convenient” Stories

By Jessa Crispin | September 8, 2022

Fear Not. Have Fun: Ann Beattie on Lessons in Cooking and Life from James Haller

Fear Not. Have Fun: Ann Beattie on Lessons in Cooking and Life from James Haller

The Eloquent, Eclectic, and Enlightening Books of a Great Chef

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Honestly, I’d Rather Be Living in an Elin Hilderbrand Novel

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