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Here's Obama's 2025 summer reading list.

Here's Obama's 2025 summer reading list.

A "close" read of the president's beach reads.

By Brittany Allen | August 27, 2025

Amanda Uhle on Using a Childhood Photo as the Cover of Her Book

Amanda Uhle on Using a Childhood Photo as the Cover of Her Book

“All I ever wanted was an accurate portrait of who my parents were.”

By Amanda Uhle | August 27, 2025

Nature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated Memoir

Nature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated Memoir

Polly Atkin Considers the Danger of Publishers Endorsing Quackery

By Polly Atkin | August 26, 2025

Our Good Season is Your Catastrophe: On Life as a Wildland Firefighter

Our Good Season is Your Catastrophe: On Life as a Wildland Firefighter

How River Selby Found Herself Battling Wildfires

By River Selby | August 25, 2025

Surviving the Infamous Flour Massacre in Gaza

Surviving the Infamous Flour Massacre in Gaza

Ahmed Dader: “I will need years for the scenes of that night to fade in my memory.”

By Ahmed Dader | August 25, 2025

On Discovering My Aunt Eleni’s Place in Queer Greek Literature

On Discovering My Aunt Eleni’s Place in Queer Greek Literature

Natalie Bakopoulos Shares Lessons From Translating Her Aunt’s Novel

By Natalie Bakopoulos | August 21, 2025

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Ilya Kaminsky on Discovering Poetry as a Deaf Child in Ukraine

By Ilya Kaminsky | August 20, 2025

River Selby on Wildland Firefighting, Processing Trauma, and Writing For Your Younger Self

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What’s Good? Raymond Antrobus on Deafness, Poetry and Finding Your Purpose

By Raymond Antrobus | August 19, 2025

A Study in Contrasts: On Nannying and Implicit Trust

A Study in Contrasts: On Nannying and Implicit Trust

Zhang Yueran Explores How Her Child’s Nanny Sparked the Inspiration for Her New Novel

By Zhang Yueran | August 19, 2025

Akwaeke Emezi on the Beauty<Br> of Nothing

Akwaeke Emezi on the Beauty
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“The beauty is that it will all end, and that is the most terrible beauty of all.”

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A Record of Vanishings: Neda Maghbouleh on the Stress Response of Seeing Iran Bombed

A Record of Vanishings: Neda Maghbouleh on the Stress Response of Seeing Iran Bombed

Remembrances in the Midst of Deportations, ICE Seizures, and Israel's Attack on Tehran

By Neda Maghbouleh | August 18, 2025

Where Words Dissolve: Yoko Tawada on Language as a Destabilizing Force

Where Words Dissolve: Yoko Tawada on Language as a Destabilizing Force

“I am searching for that state just before individual languages are dismantled—freed from their meanings and finally annihilated.”

By Yoko Tawada | August 18, 2025

A Million Sour Cherry Orchards: Olia Hercules on Remembering the Ghosts of Ukraine

A Million Sour Cherry Orchards: Olia Hercules on Remembering the Ghosts of Ukraine

The Author of "Strong Roots" Paints a Portrait of Her Ancestral Land in the Wake of Russia's Invasion

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Secrecy, Leverage, and Power: The Art World’s Economy of Truth

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Carole Hinojosa on Motherhood in the Face of Addiction

Carole Hinojosa on Motherhood in the Face of Addiction

“Everybody says they care and want to help. Does anybody really care?”

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