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A Life-Changing Afternoon in Paris With Edmund White

A Life-Changing Afternoon in Paris With Edmund White

Michael Carroll on Their First Meeting

By Michael Carroll | June 28, 2019

Paul Auster on the Time He Met Samuel Beckett

Paul Auster on the Time He Met Samuel Beckett

"One remark speaks to the dilemma all writers must live with: eternal doubt, the inability to judge the worth of what one has created."

By Paul Auster | June 27, 2019

The Memoir I Never Wanted<br> to Write

The Memoir I Never Wanted
to Write

Chavisa Woods on Documenting Sexism and Abuse

By Chavisa Woods | June 26, 2019

Remembering Merce Cunningham and Radical Dance in Postwar Paris

Remembering Merce Cunningham and Radical Dance in Postwar Paris

Marianne Preger-Simon on Dancing with an Icon

By Marianne Preger-Simon | June 26, 2019

On Being a Woman Who Loves Math

On Being a Woman Who Loves Math

Catherine Chung Finds Inspiration in the Lives of Otherwise Forgotten Mathematicians

By Catherine Chung | June 25, 2019

Annie Proulx on One of Her Favorite Short Stories

Annie Proulx on One of Her Favorite Short Stories

A Close Reading of William Gass's "The Pedersen Kid"

By Annie Proulx | June 24, 2019

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On Kathy Acker: A Desk, A Disease, An Accounting

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A Brief Literary History of Absolutely Terrible Dads

A Brief Literary History of Absolutely Terrible Dads

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Red Sox Great Luis Tiant on Reuniting with His Father After 14 Years

Red Sox Great Luis Tiant on Reuniting with His Father After 14 Years

By a Stroke of Luck Luis Sr. is Allowed by Castro to Leave Cuba

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Remembering My Father, Jacques Lacan

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Sibylle Lacan on the Influences of an Absent Father

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Elliot Ackerman Visits a Refugee Camp Near Tel Abyad

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Sex, Violence, and Jerry Lewis: Aleksandar Hemon on the Preoccupations of His 10-Year-Old Self

Sex, Violence, and Jerry Lewis: Aleksandar Hemon on the Preoccupations of His 10-Year-Old Self

"Inside that nothing there are memories, and inside those memories there are snakes."

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City Lights: A Young Cree Boy Journeys to Edmonton

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