• Memoir

    Representation

    You Cannot Protect Your Children From Moana: How Not to Fight Fairy Tales

    By Julia Langbein  March 21, 2023
    Write-minded

    Peggy Orenstein on the Self-improvement Memoir

    By Write-minded   March 21, 2023
    On Grief

    God Bless the Grievers: Zoe Fishman on Reclaiming Widowhood Narratives

    By Zoe Fishman  March 20, 2023
    Animals

    On the Ethics of Preserving—and Cutting Short—the Life of a Pet

    By Karen Fine  March 17, 2023
    Sex

    Is Gillian Anderson’s New Anthology of Women’s Sexual Fantasies Too Restrictive?

    By Ellie Broughton  March 16, 2023
    Grief

    Ruminations on Love, Loss, and Art in Manhattan’s Unlikely Oasis of Peace

    By Patrick Bringley  March 16, 2023
    Homecooking

    Why Authenticity Doesn’t Exist When It Comes To Food

    By Ronnie Woo  March 16, 2023
    What to Watch

    Skeletons in the Closet: On Mad Men and White America’s Willful Amnesia

    By Kelly Shetron  March 15, 2023
    In Memoriam

    “This Boy is Going to Be a Writer.” Remembering Paul La Farge’s Childhood

    By Wendy Walker  March 15, 2023
    Jobs

    On Millennial Writers and the Need for New Narratives of Work

    By Bryony Lau  March 15, 2023
    Autofiction

    Appropriating Their Way Into Existence: How Black Writers Upended Autofiction

    By DK Nnuro  March 15, 2023
    Christianity

    The Gift of Holy Tongues: On Being the Bass Player for Evangelism

    By Matthew McNaught  March 15, 2023
    Booksellers

    An Unstandardized, Decentralized Carnival Fire: How Rare Books Are Cataloged

    By Oliver Darkshire  March 14, 2023
    Advice

    “Everything is Riding on Your Author Photo.” Mary Childs on What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Book

    By Mary Childs  March 13, 2023
    Family Stories

    Our Family Secret Was Embedded in My Writing Before I Knew the Truth

    By Dani Shapiro  March 13, 2023
    First Draft

    Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult: Michelle Dowd Revisits Her Childhood in Forager

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 13, 2023
    Plot

    The Transcendence of the Clock: On Finding Clarity in Fiction and in Life

    By Samuel Ligon  March 13, 2023
    Classic Novels

    In Honor of International Women’s Day: 8 Ways to Love Little Women

    By Jess deCourcy Hinds  March 10, 2023
    Diaries

    The Hard Won Lessons of Lesley Arfin’s Dear Diary 15 Years Later

    By Mariella Rudi  March 10, 2023
    Country Music

    When Johnny Cash Kissed Me: How the Country Star Changed My Life

    By Louisa Young  March 10, 2023
    Dysmorphia

    My Author Photo Brought Me Face to Face With the Body I Hated

    By Kate Brody  March 9, 2023
    Cults

    Learning About the Natural World (Inside My Family’s Cult)

    By Michelle Dowd  March 9, 2023
    What to Read

    The Soul of a New Narrative: Another Look at Stories of Mixed Heritage

    By Sophfronia Scott  March 9, 2023
    Philosophy

    How Philosophy Attempts—and Often Fails–To Grapple With Experiences of Trauma

    By Susan J. Brison  March 9, 2023
    When I’m Not Writing

    How Wave Riding is Like Writing: Liza Monroy on Surrendering to the Great Unknown

    By Liza Monroy  March 8, 2023
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