• Memoir

    New in Nonfiction

    Jayson Greene on the Risks of Writing About Grief

    By Hannah Seidlitz  June 17, 2019
    Father's Day

    Fathers and Sons: The Things We Talk About to Avoid Talking to Each Other

    By Dean Kuipers  June 14, 2019
    Father's Day

    A Brief Literary History of Absolutely Terrible Dads

    By Andrew Thurman  June 14, 2019
    Father's Day

    Red Sox Great Luis Tiant on Reuniting with His Father After 14 Years

    By Luis Tiant  June 14, 2019
    Father's Day

    Remembering My Father, Jacques Lacan

    By Sibylle Lacan  June 14, 2019
    The Hub

    Eileen Myles: Chelsea Girls was the documentary I wanted to make.

    By Eileen Myles  June 13, 2019
    War

    On the Syrian Border, 2015, After the Story’s “Gone Elsewhere”

    By Elliot Ackerman  June 13, 2019
    Childhood

    Sex, Violence, and Jerry Lewis: Aleksandar Hemon on the Preoccupations of His 10-Year-Old Self

    By Aleksandar Hemon  June 13, 2019
    little boy in the big city

    City Lights: A Young Cree Boy Journeys to Edmonton

    By Darrel J. McLeod  June 12, 2019
    Trauma

    In the Aftermath of a Plane Crash

    By Eduardo Strauch and Mireya Soriano  June 10, 2019
    Reflections

    Philippe Petit Meditates on His Life Walking the High Wire

    By Philippe Petit  June 3, 2019
    News and Culture

    The Unlikely Winner of the World’s Toughest Horse Race

    By Alyson Hagy  May 30, 2019
    Psychology

    On the Parenting Insights of the Non-Parent

    By Amanda Stern  May 30, 2019
    On Death

    Death and the Poet: Thinking of Whitman at My Husband’s Grave

    By Kathleen Volk Miller  May 30, 2019
    Teenagers

    On ‘Good Men’ and the Vague, Low Standards Required
    to Be One

    By Abi Maxwell  May 29, 2019
    Notes on Twitter

    What Happens When You Pose as Susan Sontag on Twitter?

    By Rebecca Brill  May 23, 2019
    Haunted Houses

    As a Teacher of Gothic Lit, I Should Have Known Better Than to Move into a Haunted House

    By Emily Waples  May 23, 2019
    Memoirs

    Binyavanga Wainaina on His Childhood in the Infancy of the Kenyan Republic

    By Binyavanga Wainaina  May 23, 2019
    Fathers and Daughters

    Kate Mulgrew on the Work of Waiting, in Acting and in Life

    By Kate Mulgrew  May 22, 2019
    Dog Stories

    Can You Have a Meaningful Long-Distance Relationship with a Dog?

    By Xuan Juliana Wang  May 20, 2019
    Singer Songwriters

    Ani DiFranco on Reproductive Freedom and Taking on the Patriarchy

    By Ani DiFranco  May 20, 2019
    Family History

    Dani Shapiro on Unraveling Her Family’s History

    By Michele Filgate  May 16, 2019
    Adaptations

    How Winona Ryder Took Girl, Interrupted From Page to Screen

    By Rebecca Renner  May 15, 2019
    Healing

    Eve Ensler: Imagining an Apology From
    My Abusive Father

    By V (formerly Eve Ensler)  May 14, 2019
    Mother's Day

    When Your Daughter Refuses to Be in Your Essay

    By Beth Alvarado  May 10, 2019
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