Francine Prose on the Unfinished Sexual Revolution of the 1970s

Francine Prose on the Unfinished Sexual Revolution of the 1970s

“We were not supposed to notice the gap between what we were supposed to feel and what we felt.”

By Francine Prose | June 17, 2024

How Colorism Impacts Black Women’s Physical and Mental Health

How Colorism Impacts Black Women’s Physical and Mental Health

Layal Liverpool on Racist Beauty Standards and the Hidden Harms of Hair Relaxers

By Layal Liverpool | June 17, 2024

In Praise of the Domestic Sensualist: Laurie Colwin at 80

In Praise of the Domestic Sensualist: Laurie Colwin at 80

Mia Manzulli on the Perennial Allure of Colwin's Worlds

By Mia Manzulli | June 14, 2024

What I Learned From Living With Joan Didion

What I Learned From Living With Joan Didion

Cory Leadbeater on His Life-Changing Friendship With a Literary Icon

By Cory Leadbeater | June 12, 2024

Duty of Care: Tomas Moniz on Trauma, Healing and Houseplants

Duty of Care: Tomas Moniz on Trauma, Healing and Houseplants

“I discovered something different through the trauma. We learn to grieve by grieving.”

By Tomas Moniz | June 12, 2024

Enter the Butterfly: What Science Can Reveal About Our Own Fragile Self-Conceptions

Enter the Butterfly: What Science Can Reveal About Our Own Fragile Self-Conceptions

Alan Townsend on Metamorphosis, Disintegration and Confronting His Fears As a Father

By Alan Townsend | June 12, 2024

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Low Poetics: On Cubism, Disability, and the Distance Between the Reader and the Poem

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Not Like Other Dykes: On Femininity, Basketball, and the Caitlin Clark Effect

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On Family Tragedy, Joan Didion’s Parties, and Storytelling: Griffin Dunne on His Debut Memoir

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My Friend, the Legendary Porn Queen

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Catherine Gigante-Brown on Jane Kamensky’s Biography of Candida Royalle

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“Wade Into the Muck With Me.” On Reading and Re-Reading Elena Ferrante

“Wade Into the Muck With Me.” On Reading and Re-Reading Elena Ferrante

Gina Frangello Considers Her Personal History in Relation to the Neapolitan Quartet

By Gina Frangello | June 6, 2024

Necessary Yet Invisible: On the Unpaid Labor of Motherhood and Writing

Necessary Yet Invisible: On the Unpaid Labor of Motherhood and Writing

Claire Kilroy Considers Women’s Work at Home and on the Page

By Claire Kilroy | June 6, 2024

“At the Coal Seam of Motherhood.” On Writing About My Kids

“At the Coal Seam of Motherhood.” On Writing About My Kids

Janet Manley Considers Mommy Bloggers, Domestic Novels, and Children as Muses

By Janet Manley | June 5, 2024

Mourning in a Time of Global Grief

Mourning in a Time of Global Grief

Amy Kurzweil on the Bridge from Caring About to Caring For

By Amy Kurzweil | June 4, 2024

The (un)Lonely Reader: On the Pleasure of Finding Community in a Book

The (un)Lonely Reader: On the Pleasure of Finding Community in a Book

Emily Hodgson Anderson Considers the Connective Power of Reading

By Emily Hodgson Anderson | June 3, 2024

Growing Up Racist: How Young White Supremacists Are Taught to Hate

Growing Up Racist: How Young White Supremacists Are Taught to Hate

R. Derek Black on Unlearning the Warped Ideology of Their White Nationalist Childhood

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