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Did Jane Austen Invent the Wellness Guy?

Did Jane Austen Invent the Wellness Guy?

Chris Cohen on the Self-Optimization Obsessions of Austen’s Male Characters

By Chris Cohen | December 11, 2025

On Trying to Write About Disordered Eating in the Age of Millennial Therapy Culture

On Trying to Write About Disordered Eating in the Age of Millennial Therapy Culture

Anna Rollins Wonders If Mothers Get Too Much of the Blame

By Anna Rollins | December 10, 2025

The Far Side of Disaster: <br>On Virginia Woolf’s Unacknowledged Plague Novel <em>To the Lighthouse</em>

The Far Side of Disaster:
On Virginia Woolf’s Unacknowledged Plague Novel To the Lighthouse

Colin Dickey: “It reminds me that others have struggled with how to write through the end of the world.”

By Colin Dickey | December 9, 2025

How Tom Stoppard’s <em>Arcadia</em> literally saved lives.

How Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia literally saved lives.

By Jonny Diamond | December 2, 2025

How Sex Workers Organize For Empowerment Across the Global South

How Sex Workers Organize For Empowerment Across the Global South

T.D. Tso on the Ongoing Struggle Against Victimhood Narratives and For Recognition and Rights

By TD Tso | November 26, 2025

Why Do We Need to Dream?

Why Do We Need to Dream?

Michelle Carr on the Emotions, Memories, and Feelings We Have While Dreaming

By Michelle Carr | November 25, 2025

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Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | November 21, 2025

Amid the MAHA Anti-Vaxxers at the Texas Book Festival

By Maris Kreizman | November 20, 2025

How the Psychological Burden of Debt Impacts Our Physical Health

By Kristin Collier | November 20, 2025

Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend

Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend

Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project

By Steven W. Thrasher | November 17, 2025

How the Human Brain Actually Gets Us From Point A to Point B

How the Human Brain Actually Gets Us From Point A to Point B

John Edward Huth on the Cognitive Maps Inside Our Brains

By John Edward Huth | November 14, 2025

Robert Louis Stevenson’s Art of Living (and Dying)

Robert Louis Stevenson’s Art of Living (and Dying)

Trenton B. Olsen Explores How the Author Navigated a Lifetime of Chronic Illness

By Trenton B. Olsen | November 13, 2025

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | October 31, 2025

When Telling Your Own Story Gets in the Way of Processing Trauma

When Telling Your Own Story Gets in the Way of Processing Trauma

Gabriel Urza on Making the Move From Criminal Justice to Creative Writing

By Gabriel Urza | October 24, 2025

<i>The Body Keeps The Score</i> sequel just got an eight figure deal.

The Body Keeps The Score sequel just got an eight figure deal.

By James Folta | October 16, 2025

The dentist should let you read instead of watch TV.

The dentist should let you read instead of watch TV.

By James Folta | October 16, 2025

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