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Gary Indiana, iconoclast and author, has died.

Gary Indiana, iconoclast and author, has died.

By Brittany Allen | October 24, 2024

Sol Yurick on Trying to Find Any Trace of His Novel, <em>The Warriors,</em> on the Big Screen

Sol Yurick on Trying to Find Any Trace of His Novel, The Warriors, on the Big Screen

“I looked for my novel on the screen. I found the skeleton of it intact. Its revolutionary content was missing.”

By Sol Yurick | October 24, 2024

The Right Kind of Doll: Sarah Moss on the Prides and Pressures of Girlhood

The Right Kind of Doll: Sarah Moss on the Prides and Pressures of Girlhood

“You knew... that taste was indistinguishable from morality and yours wasn’t good enough.”

By Sarah Moss | October 24, 2024

Fighting Words: </br>A Tribute to Refaat Alareer

Fighting Words:
A Tribute to Refaat Alareer

Two Former Students Remember Their Friend and Teacher

By Yousef Aljamal and Rawan Yaghi | October 24, 2024

Brief Essays on Altered Sight: On Braille, Loss, and Blindness' Many Forms

Brief Essays on Altered Sight: On Braille, Loss, and Blindness' Many Forms

Three Meditations on Vision From Naomi Cohn

By Naomi Cohn | October 23, 2024

Finding Your Way Back to Wonder: On the Power of Poetry to Sustain Our Spirits

Finding Your Way Back to Wonder: On the Power of Poetry to Sustain Our Spirits

Molly McCully Brown: “I hope I can look long and hard enough to let the mess and the mystery break my heart.”

By Molly McCully Brown | October 23, 2024

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André Aciman on Displacement, Family and the Struggle to Find Home In the Eternal City

By André Aciman | October 22, 2024

Somaia Abu Nada Remembers Her Slain Sister, Heba Abu Nada, Palestinian Poet and Novelist

By Somaia Abunada | October 21, 2024

James Ivory Tells His 1940s Queer Coming-of-Age Story

By James Ivory | October 21, 2024

Between Agency and Fate: Towards a New Poetics of Illness and Healing

Between Agency and Fate: Towards a New Poetics of Illness and Healing

Eleni Stecopoulos: “To be the hero or victim of one’s story is to deny the lines of power that cross and enervate our bodies.”

By Eleni Stecopoulos | October 18, 2024

Brittany Rogers on How Libraries Helped Her Feel Safe and Embrace Her Queerness

Brittany Rogers on How Libraries Helped Her Feel Safe and Embrace Her Queerness

The Author of “Good Dress” Explores Libraries as Spaces for Self-Growth for Her and the Next Generation

By Brittany Rogers | October 16, 2024

Language, Loss and Nostalgia: On Growing Old As a Learning Experience

Language, Loss and Nostalgia: On Growing Old As a Learning Experience

Julie Sedivy Asks Us to Reconsider Our Ideas About Aging and Memory

By Julie Sedivy | October 16, 2024

Maira Kalman on Losing a Sister to Forced Separation

Maira Kalman on Losing a Sister to Forced Separation

“How could she be expected to overcome the sorrow of being sent away from the family?”

By Maira Kalman | October 15, 2024

What the Science of Memory Can (and Can’t) Reveal about Truth in Memoir

What the Science of Memory Can (and Can’t) Reveal about Truth in Memoir

Debra Nystrom on the Power of Personal Story Alongside Objective Study

By Debra Nystrom | October 9, 2024

The Issues 2024: Going Deep on the Problem of Income Inequality

The Issues 2024: Going Deep on the Problem of Income Inequality

Introducing the First in a Series of In-Depth Looks at the Everyday Issues Facing Americans

By Literary Hub | October 8, 2024

A Literary Inheritance: On the Stories We Tell (and Don’t Tell) To Our Children

A Literary Inheritance: On the Stories We Tell (and Don’t Tell) To Our Children

Alejandro Zambra: “All I have to do is sit beside you...and read to you the parts of the book that have words...”

By Alejandro Zambra | October 8, 2024

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