Memoir

TV

How the Iconic Late-Night TV Character of Elvira Came to Be

Cassandra Peterson on Coming Up With the "Mistress of the Dark"

 
By Cassandra Peterson  September 24, 2021
Family Histories

What is Revealed by the Family Stories That Go Untold?

By Kei Miller  September 23, 2021
Thresholds

Rebecca Carroll on the Joy and Relief of Finding Catharsis Through Crafting Memoir

By Thresholds   September 22, 2021
Motherhood

Out of the Closet and Out of Time: On Being an Old(ish) Mother

By Laura Davis  September 22, 2021
Tech

How a Second-Generation Latino Immigrant Became Known as the Boy Genius of Apple

By Michael Sayman  September 21, 2021
Book Covers

What If My Book’s Cover Design Misrepresents Its Content?

By Saumya Roy  September 21, 2021
Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
Queer History

Telling the Real Story Behind the AIDS Panic in a Small Florida Town

By Steven Reigns  September 20, 2021
The Writing Life

From Exobiology and Geology to… Writing Fiction?

By Linda Rui Feng  September 17, 2021
Memoir

Encountering Annie Ernaux’s Urban Landscapes and Scattered Selves

By Lauren Elkin  September 16, 2021
Artists

Eileen Myles on Following Joan Mitchell’s Path Through New York City

“Manhattan Island is pretty much shimmer all day long.”

By Eileen Myles  September 23, 2021
The Body

Writing a Novel Through Illness: On the Inseparability of Body and Mind

By Cai Emmons  September 15, 2021
Feminism

Why an Early Feminist Advocated for the Right to Divorce

By Luisa Capetillo  September 14, 2021
On Reading

The Books That Give Us Chills: On Reading Emotionally

By Veronica Esposito  September 13, 2021
Queer Identity

If I Had Loved Her Less: On a Queer Reading of Henry David Thoreau and the Daily Performance of Manhood

Jennifer Finney Boylan Considers What Risks We Take to Live Our Full Truth

By Jennifer Finney Boylan  September 13, 2021
Writing Life

Some Life Lessons (Read: Humiliations) From Playing Music

By Emily Itami  September 13, 2021
Emergence Magazine

Charles Foster on Communion with the More-Than-Human and the Limits of Language

By Emergence Magazine  September 13, 2021
Family History

Triumph and Tragedy: On Being a Mets Fan… and Being a Mankiewicz

By Nick Davis  September 13, 2021
9/11

City of Ash: Photographing New York City on the Morning of 9/11

Photographer Rachel Cobb on Documenting a Disaster While It Is Still Unfolding

By Rachel Cobb  September 11, 2021
9/11

9/11 and Everything After: On Bearing Witness to History Through the Eyes of My Daughter

By Sasha Sagan  September 10, 2021
9/11

From the Fall of the Towers to Building Anew

By Joe Woolhead  September 10, 2021
On Racism

Assimilation and Erasure: How Imposter Syndrome Traps People of Color

By Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez  September 10, 2021
Family Histories

The Three Women of Bronzeville: On Finding Safety in My Mother, Grandmother, and Aunt

Dawn Turner Chronicles Her Sprawling Family History and Growing Up on the South Side of Chicago

By Dawn Turner  September 10, 2021
Antarctica

Finding Purpose in the Desolation of Antarctica

By Jemma Wadham  September 9, 2021
California

Falling in Love with Instant Anonymity: How I Became a Perpetual Student of LA

By María Amparo Escandón  September 9, 2021
Feminism

Coming of Age and Questioning Traditional Rituals at a Boarding School in Kenya

By Nice Leng'ete  September 16, 2021
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