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What Writing About Bobby Kennedy Taught Me About Male Power

What Writing About Bobby Kennedy Taught Me About Male Power

Carson Markland on Control, Roe v. Wade, and the Slipperiness of Biography

By Carson Markland | July 17, 2026

Emily Doyle on the Subtle Tyranny of Realism

Emily Doyle on the Subtle Tyranny of Realism

“What do we mean when we use the term realism? What counts as real?”

By Emily Doyle | July 17, 2026

Labor of Love: On Editing and the Rewards of Collaborative Effort

Labor of Love: On Editing and the Rewards of Collaborative Effort

Genuine Human Connection Was the Not-So-Secret Ingredient in Samantha Paige Rosen’s Debut Anthology

By Samantha Paige Rosen | July 17, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Being Jealous of My Friend’s Literary Success?

Am I the Asshole For Being Jealous of My Friend’s Literary Success?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | July 16, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Mark Haber is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Mark Haber is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Laura Vazquez, Eduardo Halfon, Ian Bostridge, and More

By Diana Arterian | July 16, 2026

Finding Heroes of My Own in Three Unsung Women of America’s Great Outdoors

Finding Heroes of My Own in Three Unsung Women of America’s Great Outdoors

Heather Hansman on the Important Stories That Don’t Always Get Told

By Heather Hansman | July 15, 2026

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Joyelle McSweeney on Euripides's Iphigenia Among the Taurians, translated by Anne Carson

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Chana Joffe-Walt on The Best Tape You Can Get

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Sigrid Nunez Thinks Every Writer Should Connect to Their Inner Child

Sigrid Nunez Thinks Every Writer Should Connect to Their Inner Child

Eric Olson Profiles the Author of It Will Come Back to You

By Eric Olson | July 14, 2026

On Trying—and Failing—to Write the Lives of Children in a Syrian Detention Camp

On Trying—and Failing—to Write the Lives of Children in a Syrian Detention Camp

Elizabeth H. Winthrop: “The distance between us could not be bridged—only recognized.”

By Elizabeth H. Winthrop | July 14, 2026

Sad Love Stories Are the Best Stories: A Reading List in Praise of Messy Love

Sad Love Stories Are the Best Stories: A Reading List in Praise of Messy Love

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By Alicia Upano | July 14, 2026

When Someone Wants to Publish Your Correspondence With a Famous Writer

When Someone Wants to Publish Your Correspondence With a Famous Writer

Alice Mattison on the Intimacies of Reading Other People’s Letters

By Alice Mattison | July 13, 2026

Stealing Time: In Praise of Writing at Dawn, at Midnight or Whenever We Can

Stealing Time: In Praise of Writing at Dawn, at Midnight or Whenever We Can

Sara Lippmann: “Honor the time when you are at your most receptive and curious. Protect it with everything you’ve got.”

By Sara Lippmann | July 13, 2026

David Baerwald on Taking Writing Lessons from Hans Zimmer

David Baerwald on Taking Writing Lessons from Hans Zimmer

“Songs gain their power from repetition, while symphonies gain theirs from transformation.”

By David Baerwald | July 10, 2026

How—and Why—to Cull Your Book Collection

How—and Why—to Cull Your Book Collection

Maris Kreizman on the Joy (and Pain) of Downsizing

By Maris Kreizman | July 9, 2026

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