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Supernatural Inheritance: On a Unique Family Gift That Crosses Continents

Supernatural Inheritance: On a Unique Family Gift That Crosses Continents

Margot Livesey Explores the Possibility of a Power Passed Down for Generations

By Margot Livesey | February 6, 2024

Fictionalizing Real Trauma as a Means of Healing

Fictionalizing Real Trauma as a Means of Healing

“The psychic burden would’ve been too great if I’d written the story as memoir.”

By Chris Cander | February 2, 2024

Landlord, Teacher, Writer: Brandi Wells on Learning to Separate Themself From Their Job(s)

Landlord, Teacher, Writer: Brandi Wells on Learning to Separate Themself From Their Job(s)

“Reframing work is an ongoing and sometimes impossible-seeming process.”

By Brandi Wells | January 31, 2024

How Ai Weiwei Marries Advocacy and Art at Home and Abroad

How Ai Weiwei Marries Advocacy and Art at Home and Abroad

From His Graphic Memoir, "Zodiac"

By Ai Weiwei, Elettra Stamboulis and Gianluca Costantini | January 30, 2024

What Fiction Can Reveal About the Fragile Fabric of Our Societies

What Fiction Can Reveal About the Fragile Fabric of Our Societies

Aminatta Forna on Over Two Decades of Literary Excavation of Sierra Leone’s Civil War

By Aminatta Forna | January 29, 2024

On Book Hoarding and the Perilous Paradox of Clutter

On Book Hoarding and the Perilous Paradox of Clutter

Vanessa Ogle Remembers Growing Up Among... Stuff

By Vanessa Ogle | January 29, 2024

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The Splintering of the Self: Annie Liontas on Life After Concussion

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“I tell myself that the brain injury did not take away a self, rather it revealed many other selves heretofore unknown to me.”

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Susan Muaddi Darraj on Finding Inspiration in the Lives of Ordinary Palestinians

Susan Muaddi Darraj on Finding Inspiration in the Lives of Ordinary Palestinians

“I take my cue from them—these are my people, and their humble resilience will continue to inspire me.”

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Why I Write Gay: Eric Schlich Channels His Bisexuality Through Queer Protagonists

Why I Write Gay: Eric Schlich Channels His Bisexuality Through Queer Protagonists

“I’m done thinking of that as cowardly. Because what it really was, was empowering.”

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Migraines, Motherhood and Marriage: On the Challenges of Managing an Open Relationship

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Molly Roden Winter Explores the Dynamics of Multiple Simultaneous Partnerships

By Molly Roden Winter | January 17, 2024

My Search for Answers in the Fringe “30 Bananas a Day” Movement

My Search for Answers in the Fringe “30 Bananas a Day” Movement

Jacqueline Alnes on the Promises of Freelee The Banana Girl and Durianrider

By Jacqueline Alnes | January 17, 2024

Motherhood and the Moon: On Liminal States of Change and Uncertainty

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Rebecca Boyle Finds Solace in Lunar Metaphysics

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