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How to Tell Your Family That You're Writing a Memoir

How to Tell Your Family That You're Writing a Memoir

"My Misshapen Skateboarding Book Had Become a Book About, Well, Us"

By Neal Thompson | May 14, 2018

How My Father's Strike Nearly Broke Our Town in Two

How My Father's Strike Nearly Broke Our Town in Two

Kerri Arsenault on an Early Lesson in Labor and Loyalty

By Kerri Arsenault | May 10, 2018

What Snow White and the Evil Queen Taught Me About Desire

What Snow White and the Evil Queen Taught Me About Desire

"Fairy Tales Don’t Tell Children to Stop Wanting—Only to Be Careful"

By Julia Fine | May 8, 2018

Life and Death in the Neonatal Intensive-Care Unit

Life and Death in the Neonatal Intensive-Care Unit

On the Disciplined Nurses Caring for Fragile, Premature Babies

By Christie Watson | May 8, 2018

Francesca Lia Block is a Lot More than <em>Weetzie Bat</em>

Francesca Lia Block is a Lot More than Weetzie Bat

The Beloved Writer on Defying Expectations and Trying New Things

By Zan Romanoff | May 7, 2018

Against Clarity (or In Praise of Youthful Wisdom)

Against Clarity (or In Praise of Youthful Wisdom)

Steven Church: You Don't Have to Be Old to Write a Memoir

By Steven Church | May 1, 2018

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Margaret Atwood on How She Came to Write The Handmaid's Tale

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An Open Letter to My Dog: I Couldn't Have Written This Without You

An Open Letter to My Dog: I Couldn't Have Written This Without You

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By Cinelle Barnes | April 17, 2018

 We’ll Always Have Paris: My Time in Texas with Sam Shepard's Notebooks

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On a Big Sky Road Trip Into the Heart of America

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On Blood, Birth, and the Talismanic Power of Red Lipstick

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Samantha Irby: Why I'd Rather Live Alone

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I Have Neither the Time nor Patience to Fix My Gross Shit

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In the Endless Sameness of Prison, Writing Kept Me Human

In the Endless Sameness of Prison, Writing Kept Me Human

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