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Writing a Novel of Things Unattained

Writing a Novel of Things Unattained

Zaina Arafat on Living and Writing Without Shame

By Zaina Arafat | June 16, 2020

Is <em>Ball Four</em> the Greatest Baseball Memoir Ever Written?

Is Ball Four the Greatest Baseball Memoir Ever Written?

Jim Bouton's Book Gave an Unfiltered View into Athletes' Lives

By Mitchell Nathanson | June 15, 2020

How to Grieve the Living: A Conversation with Stephanie Danler

How to Grieve the Living: A Conversation with Stephanie Danler

Francesca Pellas Talks to the Author of Stray

By Francesca Pellas | June 12, 2020

Coming to Terms With Queerness in the Men's Underwear Section

Coming to Terms With Queerness in the Men's Underwear Section

Matt Ortile on Calvin Klein, Race, and Masculinity Stereotypes

By Matt Ortile | June 11, 2020

Death and The Cloud: How to Grieve in the Digital Afterlife

Death and The Cloud: How to Grieve in the Digital Afterlife

Angela Rose Brussel on Too Much Memory—and Not Enough

By Angela Rose Brussel | June 11, 2020

The Function of Shame<br> in Literature

The Function of Shame
in Literature

Marina Endicott on the Forced Schooling of Indigenous Canadians

By Marina Endicott | June 9, 2020

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When We Hid From War in the Woods

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The Deliverance of Douglas A. Martin's Obsessive Desire

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Traveling the World to See What My Mother Couldn't

Traveling the World to See What My Mother Couldn't

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By Heather Scott Partington | June 1, 2020

My Detroit Novel Was Shelved Until the Millennials Came

My Detroit Novel Was Shelved Until the Millennials Came

Michael Zadoorian on Writing About Detroit's "Creative Class"

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My First Night Out as a Woman

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To the Child I Will Never Have

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Travels with Barbie, From Tehran to Paris to New York

Travels with Barbie, From Tehran to Paris to New York

Porochista Khakpour on Loving—and Destroying—a Beloved Doll

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Mekkiayah Jacobs: New York City Needs to Care For Its Homeless

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