Eternal Solace: Eve J. Chung on Tradition, Family and Mourning in Taiwan

Eternal Solace: Eve J. Chung on Tradition, Family and Mourning in Taiwan

“I do not idealize the afterlife, but that is largely because of the privilege I have in my present.”

By Eve J. Chung | May 29, 2024

Lost and Found: KB Brookins on Masculinity, Gender and Trauma

Lost and Found: KB Brookins on Masculinity, Gender and Trauma

"I was a girl in the imagination of others and nowhere else."

By KB Brookins | May 29, 2024

Remembering Paul Auster

Remembering Paul Auster

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Beauty and Terror: On Understanding and Accepting a Schizophrenic Mother

Beauty and Terror: On Understanding and Accepting a Schizophrenic Mother

Nina St. Pierre Explores the Intersections of Spirituality and Mental Health

By Nina St. Pierre | May 28, 2024

The View From Kyiv: How Ukraine Confronted the Looming Threat of War

The View From Kyiv: How Ukraine Confronted the Looming Threat of War

Illia Ponomarenko on the Days Leading Up to Russia’s Invasion

By Illia Ponomarenko | May 24, 2024

Why You Should Let Your Family Read Your Memoir in Advance

Why You Should Let Your Family Read Your Memoir in Advance

Lilly Dancyger on Navigating Hard (Subjective) Truths

By Lilly Dancyger | May 24, 2024

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Snapshots of Life: Storytelling and Outlaw Culture in Eastern Kentucky

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Jessie Gaynor on Rereading <em>The Corrections</em> While Navigating Her Mother’s Parkinson’s

Jessie Gaynor on Rereading The Corrections While Navigating Her Mother’s Parkinson’s

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What Pearl S. Buck’s Memoir Can Teach Parents of Disabled Children

What Pearl S. Buck’s Memoir Can Teach Parents of Disabled Children

Emily C. Bloom on the Impact and Legacy of “The Child Who Never Grew”

By Emily C. Bloom | May 20, 2024

The Poetry of Chinese Names

The Poetry of Chinese Names

Wendy Chen on Generation Poems and the Stories Hidden in Names

By Wendy Chen | May 20, 2024

Clocks, Cameras, Cracked Doll Faces: The Confessions of a Serial Collector

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Nancy Miller Gomez on the Origins and Evolution of an Obsession

By Nancy Miller Gomez | May 20, 2024

My Mother Will Live Forever in the Stories of Alice Munro

My Mother Will Live Forever in the Stories of Alice Munro

Jonny Diamond on the Timeless Genius of Canada’s Greatest Writer

By Jonny Diamond | May 16, 2024

A bunch of fake Kathleen Hanna biographies were released on the same day as her new memoir.

A bunch of fake Kathleen Hanna biographies were released on the same day as her new memoir.

By Brittany Allen | May 15, 2024

What Freudian Psychoanalysis Gets Wrong About Trans Identity

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Jennifer Finney Boylan Considers “Penis Envy” In the Context of Dysphoria

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