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What Are the Boundaries of a Memoir?

What Are the Boundaries of a Memoir?

On Mark Doty, Paul Lisicky, and the Role of the Self

By Beth Kephart | April 17, 2020

We Owe More to Our Young Writers: On the Relevance of the Workshop

We Owe More to Our Young Writers: On the Relevance of the Workshop

Ru Freeman Considers the Responsibility of the Writing Life

By Ru Freeman | April 16, 2020

Life As It Really Is: Translator Richard Pevear on the Stories of Chekhov

Life As It Really Is: Translator Richard Pevear on the Stories of Chekhov

"In art, as in life, there is nothing accidental.”

By Richard Pevear | April 14, 2020

The Question of Homoeroticism in Whitman's Poetry

The Question of Homoeroticism in Whitman's Poetry

Mark Doty on Sexuality and 'Unspeakability' in Leaves of Grass

By Mark Doty | April 14, 2020

Fairy Tales and Facts: Siri Hustvedt on How We Read in a Pandemic

Fairy Tales and Facts: Siri Hustvedt on How We Read in a Pandemic

"Separate and Secluded" We Pass Our Days

By Siri Hustvedt | April 13, 2020

Like Talking With a Friend: Intimacy in Lucia Berlin’s Peripatetic Narratives

Like Talking With a Friend: Intimacy in Lucia Berlin’s Peripatetic Narratives

Alexandra Chang on Learning from a Master

By Alexandra Chang | April 13, 2020

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Kay Ryan on the Preposterous Beauty of Gerard Manley Hopkins

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The West in Pieces: On the Reimagined Grammar(s) of C. Pam Zhang

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The Listening World: Neurodivergent Voices for a More-Than-Human World

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Chris Martin on What We Can Learn From Each Other—and the Natural World

By Chris Martin | April 8, 2020

In a Quiet London Enclave, Five Iconic Women Writers Forged a Home

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What Will Happen to the Novel <br>After This?

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The Case for Teaching Depressing Books

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Sahar Mustafah on the Literature of Empathy and Action

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How Having a Writing Community Stimulates Creativity

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Mary Gannon and Kevin Larimer on Finding Your People

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Finding Permission to Fail in<br> <em>A Confederacy of Dunces</em>

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What Two Imaginary Cats Tell Us About Who We Are (and How We're Different)

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