Inside James Baldwin’s Fraught Relationship With His Stepfather

Inside James Baldwin’s Fraught Relationship With His Stepfather

Douglas Field Considers the Paternal Bond of an American Literary Icon in Relation to His Own

By Douglas Field | November 20, 2024

Gospel of the Many Selves: Jessie Van Eerden on Searching for Home and Herself

Gospel of the Many Selves: Jessie Van Eerden on Searching for Home and Herself

The Author of “Yoke and Feather” Explores Biblical Stories, Desire, and a Painting by Velázquez

By Jessie Van Eerden | November 20, 2024

Waking Up Trans in Trump’s America

Waking Up Trans in Trump’s America

Gabrielle Bellot on the Dire Consequences of Republican Policies

By Gabrielle Bellot | November 15, 2024

They’re Screening an Adaptation of My Novel in an Israeli Settlement, So I’m Boycotting It

They’re Screening an Adaptation of My Novel in an Israeli Settlement, So I’m Boycotting It

Mirza Waheed: “Boycotts are not acts designed to foster exclusion or hatred; they are, in fact, statements of intent.”

By Mirza Waheed | November 13, 2024

A Gesture Larger Than Death: On Bill T. Jones’s AIDS Elegy “Still/Here” at 30

A Gesture Larger Than Death: On Bill T. Jones’s AIDS Elegy “Still/Here” at 30

Jen Benka Considers Art in the Face of Cataclysm

By Jen Benka | November 13, 2024

Fictionalizing Family: On What’s True and What’s Invented About Our Origins

Fictionalizing Family: On What’s True and What’s Invented About Our Origins

Linda Grant: “We are all made up of private family legends, we are all novels in the making.”

By Linda Grant | November 13, 2024

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Memories in the Marsh: A Love Letter to Exploring, Studying, and Creating Art in Nature

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Dorothy Allison, author and force of nature, has died.

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How a Legacy of Poverty and Systematic Exclusion Created “White Trash” in America

By Jaydra Johnson | November 8, 2024

On Illness and Death as Text and Autocorrect

On Illness and Death as Text and Autocorrect

Malwina Gudowska Considers the Stories of Our Bodies

By Malwina Gudowska | November 7, 2024

What Chickens Know: On Bonding with Birds and the Language of Hens

What Chickens Know: On Bonding with Birds and the Language of Hens

Sy Montgomery Explores the Complex World of Breeding and Studying the Famous Fowl

By Sy Montgomery | November 7, 2024

That Kind of Woman: On Motherhood As a Choice, Not a Destiny

That Kind of Woman: On Motherhood As a Choice, Not a Destiny

Honor Moore: “To be a mother was what a girl wanted then, and I did not.”

By Honor Moore | November 7, 2024

The Journey of a Sea Bean: In Praise of the Ocean’s Smallest Gifts

The Journey of a Sea Bean: In Praise of the Ocean’s Smallest Gifts

Sally Huband: “I am left contemplating this luck.”

By Sally Huband | November 6, 2024

The Issues 2024: LGBTQ Rights Are in Grave Danger

The Issues 2024: LGBTQ Rights Are in Grave Danger

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By Literary Hub | November 4, 2024

The 10 Best Formally Inventive Queer Memoirs 

The 10 Best Formally Inventive Queer Memoirs 

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Capturing Moments of Growth and Loss: Photography as an Excavation of the Self

Capturing Moments of Growth and Loss: Photography as an Excavation of the Self

Rosalind Fox Solomon Remembers Her Creative Mentor and Ex-Husband

By Rosalind Fox Solomon | November 4, 2024

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