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On Surviving a Journey Across the Sahara (and Other Impossibilities)

On Surviving a Journey Across the Sahara (and Other Impossibilities)

Ousman Umar Reveals His Harrowing Search for a Better Life

By Ousman Umar | March 10, 2022

Choosing Our Literary Kin: Remembering Valerie Boyd

Choosing Our Literary Kin: Remembering Valerie Boyd

Sejal Shah on the Life and Times of a Beloved Writer and Editor 

By Sejal Shah | March 10, 2022

Amy Bloom: Grief is the Price You Pay for Love

Amy Bloom: Grief is the Price You Pay for Love

This Week on Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | March 10, 2022

WATCH: Rebecca Mead and Jia Tolentino on Identity, Nationality, and Inheritance

WATCH: Rebecca Mead and Jia Tolentino on Identity, Nationality, and Inheritance

Hosted by Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | March 10, 2022

How Campus Novels Reveal the Power—and Danger—of Pure Ideas

How Campus Novels Reveal the Power—and Danger—of Pure Ideas

Tara Isabella Burton on the Combination of Isolation, Vulnerability, and Hunger for Knowledge

By Tara Isabella Burton | March 9, 2022

Anatomy of a Lifelong Friendship

Anatomy of a Lifelong Friendship

Ariel Delgado Dixon on What It Means to Find a True Best Friend

By Ariel Delgado Dixon | March 9, 2022

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It’s an Honor Just to Be Asian: Sandra Oh on Systemic Racism in Hollywood

By Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, and Philip Wang | March 7, 2022

On Coming to Ursula K. Le Guin in My Own Time

By Amal El-Mohtar | March 7, 2022

The Beauty of Impermanence: Finding Inspiration in Renoir’s Fugitive Pigments

By Jennifer Murphy | March 7, 2022

Instructions for Dating a Fellow Writer

Instructions for Dating a Fellow Writer

Renée Branum Lays Out a Few Universal Ground Rules

By Renée Branum | March 3, 2022

Meghan O’Rourke on the Self-Dissolving Difficulty of Chronic Illness

Meghan O’Rourke on the Self-Dissolving Difficulty of Chronic Illness

Searching for the Self Amid Pain

By Meghan O'Rourke | March 3, 2022

Sarah Manguso on the Coldness and Quietness of New England Girlhood

Sarah Manguso on the Coldness and Quietness of New England Girlhood

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | March 3, 2022

Caught Through the Looking Glass: Sarah Polley on Grief, Girlhood, and Scoliosis

Caught Through the Looking Glass: Sarah Polley on Grief, Girlhood, and Scoliosis

“I knew I didn’t want to be a child; I wanted to be a queen.”

By Sarah Polley | March 2, 2022

Kathryn Davis on Bingeing <em>Lost</em> and Coming to Terms with the Unknowable

Kathryn Davis on Bingeing Lost and Coming to Terms with the Unknowable

“There is unearthly howling. There is a hatch leading who knows where.”

By Kathryn Davis | March 2, 2022

“When? Where? How?” Margaret Atwood Considers the Burning Questions of the Writing Life

“When? Where? How?” Margaret Atwood Considers the Burning Questions of the Writing Life

“Failed again to find recipe box. Used this as an excuse for not working on overdue bird piece.”

By Margaret Atwood | March 1, 2022

Experiencing Kenosis in the Poetry of Donne and Shakespeare

Experiencing Kenosis in the Poetry of Donne and Shakespeare

Jason Gots on Awe and Connection in the Church of Art

By Jason Gots | March 1, 2022

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