Memoir

Psychology

The Scapegoat: Siri Hustvedt on the Torture and Murder of Sylvia Likens

“Every myth explains too much, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t truths to be found in the story.”

 
By Siri Hustvedt  December 7, 2021
Storybound

Jude Brewer Performs His Short Story “Buzzy”

By Storybound   December 7, 2021
Writers on Writers

Eulogy for a Visionary: On the Grim Narrative Introspection of Charles Bowden

By Leath Tonino  December 3, 2021
Indie Bookstores

Emma Straub on Opening Her Bookstore, Books Are Magic

By Emma Straub  December 2, 2021
Aging

The Ironic Twist of Age: What It’s Like to Keep Writing at 91

By Hilma Wolitzer  December 2, 2021
Reality TV

How Watching British Reality TV Helped Me Finish My Novel

By Kirthana Ramisetti  December 1, 2021
Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
Creativity

Shocked Into Dreaming: Why Puppets Inspire My Creativity and Spark My Curiosity

By Elizabeth Weiss  December 1, 2021
Free Speech

Why Writers Shouldn’t Wait for Permission to Create the Stories They Want

By James Hannaham  November 30, 2021
Activism

How the Great Dorothy Day’s Anger Was an Expression of Her Faith

By Kaya Oakes  November 30, 2021
Best of the Year

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2021

Featuring Tom Stoppard, Michelle Zauner, Mike Nichols, D. H. Lawrence, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and more

By Book Marks  December 7, 2021
The Writing Life

On Finally Finding an Authentic Voice (After Writing Several Dozen Books)

By Mark Scarbrough  November 29, 2021
Labor

How My Passion Project Led to Burnout: On the Bittersweet Rewards of Creative Risks

By Leigh Stein  November 29, 2021
Writing Advice

If You Want to Write a Novel, Start with a Plan

By Stephanie Gangi  November 24, 2021
Writing

Ann Patchett on Creating the Work Space You Need

The Author of These Precious Days on Navigating the Limitations of the Writing Life

By Ann Patchett  November 23, 2021
Sex

Learning About BDSM—By Doing It Myself

By Jenny Valentish  November 23, 2021
Animals

What I Learned About Myself and the Natural World by Swimming with Sharks

By Ross Frylinck  November 19, 2021
Artists

In Willem de Kooning’s Loft at the Dawn of Bohemian New York

By Edith Schloss  November 19, 2021
Classics

Finding the Language of Interiority in Saint Augustine’s Confessions

Roosevelt Montás on Reading—and Teaching—the Story of a Journey to Conversion

By Roosevelt Montás  November 19, 2021
Directors

Charles Band on Shooting Inside His Own Castle and Borrowing a Costume from Bram Stoker’s Dracula

By Charles Band  November 19, 2021
Behind the Mic

The Boys by Ron Howard and Clint Howard, Read by the Authors and Bryce Dallas Howard

By Behind the Mic   November 19, 2021
Film

“It Could Have All Been So Different.” Ron Howard Reflects on His Life and Career

By Ron Howard  November 18, 2021
Life in a Pandemic

Do You Remember The Start of Quarantine? Are You Sure?

Charles Finch Remembers the Early, Uncertain Days of the Pandemic

By Charles Finch  November 18, 2021
American Presidents

On the Black Descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Uncovering the Origins of Family Lore

By Gayle Jessup White  November 18, 2021
Indie Bookstores

When the Heart of a Beach Town Is an Indie Bookstore

By Ethan Joella  November 17, 2021
Graphic Novels

Mirion Malle: “Let’s Talk About Mental Health Without Pointing Blame”

By Sophie Yanow  November 29, 2021
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