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Maya Lee on the Unique and Fraught Position Her Mother Held During the Holocaust

Maya Lee on the Unique and Fraught Position Her Mother Held During the Holocaust

“You could lose your own life to a bored or disgruntled guard.”

By Magda Hellinger and Maya Lee with David Brewster | March 15, 2022

How a Secret Becomes a Story: Melissa Fu on the Importance of Listening to Elders

How a Secret Becomes a Story: Melissa Fu on the Importance of Listening to Elders

“There was a sense I had to write this story now. A sense that time was running out.”

By Melissa Fu | March 15, 2022

How To Leave the World Behind: On the Dreams of Utopian Groupies

How To Leave the World Behind: On the Dreams of Utopian Groupies

Adrian Shirk Considers the Perpetual American Desire for Better Worlds

By Adrian Shirk | March 14, 2022

Making Space for Mistakes and Experiments, in Marriage and Writing

Making Space for Mistakes and Experiments, in Marriage and Writing

Francesco Pacifico on Writing (and Revising) Female Characters

By Francesco Pacifico | March 14, 2022

The Impossibility of Writing About Motherhood

The Impossibility of Writing About Motherhood

Sarah Blake on Motherhood's Many Faces

By Sarah Blake | March 14, 2022

Finding the Kinship Between Manifestations of Creativity and Depression

Finding the Kinship Between Manifestations of Creativity and Depression

Gia de Cadenet on Making Sense of the Raw Material

By Gia de Cadenet | March 14, 2022

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John Clellon Holmes on the Funeral of His Longtime Friend Jack Kerouac

By John Clellon Holmes | March 11, 2022

Austin Kleon Looks Back on the Creation of Steal Like an Artist, Ten Years Later

By Austin Kleon | March 11, 2022

The More Personal the Joke, the Bigger the Laugh (and More Lessons from a Career in Cartoons)

By David Sipress | March 11, 2022

The Unglamorous Life of an Editorial Assistant Struggling with Her Mother’s Mental Deterioration

The Unglamorous Life of an Editorial Assistant Struggling with Her Mother’s Mental Deterioration

Liz Scheier on Romance Novels and Furious Phone Calls

By Liz Scheier | March 10, 2022

Best American Male: An Essay About Masculinity. An Essay About Power.

Best American Male: An Essay About Masculinity. An Essay About Power.

Rebecca Hazelton on Contemporary Templates For Public Confession

By Rebecca Hazelton | March 10, 2022

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

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