“Brilliant, Unquiet Minds.” Remembering the Writers Who Struggled With Their Demons

“Brilliant, Unquiet Minds.” Remembering the Writers Who Struggled With Their Demons

Betsy Lerner Considers the Difficult Yet Important Work of Publishing Messy and Vulnerable Stories

By Betsy Lerner | October 2, 2024

The Price of “Progress.” On Development, Displacement and Dictatorship in the Amazon

The Price of “Progress.” On Development, Displacement and Dictatorship in the Amazon

José Henrique Bortoluci Explores Familial and Collective Memory of Authoritarian Rule in Brazil

By José Henrique Bortoluci | October 1, 2024

Footnotes All the Way Down: How Russian Poetry Mines the Past to Reveal the Present

Footnotes All the Way Down: How Russian Poetry Mines the Past to Reveal the Present

Forrest Gander Remembers Two Innovative Moscow Poets, Nina Iskrenko and Alexander Yeremenko

By Forrest Gander | October 1, 2024

Weird No More: On Loving and Leaving Austin, Texas

Weird No More: On Loving and Leaving Austin, Texas

Alex Hannaford Considers the Rapidly Changing Face of a Once-Affordable Artistic and Cultural Center

By Alex Hannaford | October 1, 2024

A Precarious Arrangement: On Appearance, Coloniality and the Creation of the Self

A Precarious Arrangement: On Appearance, Coloniality and the Creation of the Self

Dionne Brand: “I now recognize myself as authored, altered. As selected, sorted, from a series of selves.”

By Dionne Brand | October 1, 2024

Encounters with the Local Possum; Or, How Safety Can Hide Wonder from Us

Encounters with the Local Possum; Or, How Safety Can Hide Wonder from Us

Jarod K. Anderson Rediscovers Awe

By Jarod K. Anderson | September 30, 2024

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Looking After the Books: Remembering Children’s Author Joan Aiken

By Lizza Aiken | September 30, 2024

“Good Medicine and a Very Bad Drug...” Reckoning With the Deadly Duality of Fentanyl

By Ryan Hampton | September 26, 2024

I Wrote a Trans Memoir Without Even Knowing It (at First)

By Oliver Radclyffe | September 25, 2024

What We Owe Each Other: A Daughter on Her Mother’s Wish to Die With Dignity

What We Owe Each Other: A Daughter on Her Mother’s Wish to Die With Dignity

Marianne Brooker: “We are interdependent, both separate from and reliant upon others.”

By Marianne Brooker | September 25, 2024

Seeing in the Dark: On Bats as Companions, Protectors and Muses

Seeing in the Dark: On Bats as Companions, Protectors and Muses

Vanessa Chakour Considers the Essential Role of These Much-Maligned Flying Mammals

By Vanessa Chakour | September 24, 2024

After Apalachee: How America’s Gun Violence Epidemic Affects Us All

After Apalachee: How America’s Gun Violence Epidemic Affects Us All

“I’m hoping against hope—but I won’t stop believing—I’ll even pray that, after Apalachee, everything will become different.”

By Deirdre Sugiuchi | September 24, 2024

Dreaming a Way Into the Past: On Unearthing Family Secrets in Taipei

Dreaming a Way Into the Past: On Unearthing Family Secrets in Taipei

Kim Liao Explores Her Grandfather's History as a Freedom Fighter and Dissident in Taiwan

By Kim Liao | September 20, 2024

I Do NOT Want to Hang Out With My Fans: Am I the Literary Asshole?

I Do NOT Want to Hang Out With My Fans: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About (Very) Bad Literary Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | September 19, 2024

Class Defectors vs. Working Class Traitors: What JD Vance Could Learn From Édouard Louis and Annie Ernaux

Class Defectors vs. Working Class Traitors: What JD Vance Could Learn From Édouard Louis and Annie Ernaux

Ann Larson and Alissa Quart on the Power of the French Sociological Memoir

By Ann Larson and Alissa Quart | September 18, 2024

Books Have No Gender: On Being a Small Town Librarian While Raising a Trans Child

Books Have No Gender: On Being a Small Town Librarian While Raising a Trans Child

Abi Maxwell: “This town felt so conservative, its social norms so crushing. I needed someone who would help me swim against them.”

By Abi Maxwell | September 17, 2024

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