Escaping the Self-Critical Eye for the Sake of My Daughter

Escaping the Self-Critical Eye for the Sake of My Daughter

Helen Phillips on Body Image, Motherhood, and Owning Your Idiosyncratic Self

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Action: A Book About Sex

Action: A Book About Sex

Amy Rose Spiegel

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On Discovering Real Mothers on the Page

On Discovering Real Mothers on the Page

Pamela Erens, Rivka Glachen, Julia Fierro, and writing about motherhood

By Jordan Rosenfeld | May 6, 2016

Why Literature Needs Psychology

Why Literature Needs Psychology

Two Disciplines Wrestling With the Same Big Questions

By Jennifer R. Bernstein | May 2, 2016

Remembering Jenny Diski

Remembering Jenny Diski

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@diski, Inventive to the Last

@diski, Inventive to the Last

She was always open, critical, combative, funny, warm, and unafraid

By Joanna Walsh | April 29, 2016

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Jenny Diski Looked Cancer—And Her Readers—In The Eye

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Melissa Broder: Thoughts On Open Marriage and Illness

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At Home in Deaf Culture: Storytelling in an Un-Writable Language

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Redeeming the Kamasutra

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30 Books in 30 Days: Kate Tuttle on Sam Quinones’ <i>Dreamland</i>

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