Unspendable Currency: Edgar Kunz on Making Ends Meet As a Poet

Unspendable Currency: Edgar Kunz on Making Ends Meet As a Poet

"The job makes the real work possible. The place you live is only as good as the life it allows."

By Edgar Kunz | August 22, 2023

Accounting for the Unaccountable: Daniel Johnson on Writing about His Friend, James Foley

Accounting for the Unaccountable: Daniel Johnson on Writing about His Friend, James Foley

On Memorializing a Meteoric Life After an Unimaginable Loss

By Daniel Brock Johnson | August 22, 2023

The Battle to Fulfill the Racial Promise of Shaker Heights

The Battle to Fulfill the Racial Promise of Shaker Heights

Laura Meckler on Belonging, Interracial Adoption, and the "American dream town" in Ohio

By Laura Meckler | August 22, 2023

None of the Above: On Writing a Biracial Protagonist

None of the Above: On Writing a Biracial Protagonist

Claire Stanford Considers the Answers to Questions of Racial Representation and Identification

By Claire Stanford | August 21, 2023

David Shih on Missing His Father's Death

David Shih on Missing His Father's Death

"Although I’ve tried to own the fault entirely...I don’t think that take tells the whole story either."

By David Shih | August 21, 2023

"I Am the Only One Who Should Recite Them": When Werner Herzog Narrates Your AI Poetry Collection

Brent Katz on Directing the Legendary Director

By Brent Katz | August 16, 2023

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On the Difficulty of Getting Rid of Books

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My Mother's Clocks: On Losing Time with Dementia

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How Systemic Barriers Keep the Formerly Incarcerated From Rebuilding Their Lives

How Systemic Barriers Keep the Formerly Incarcerated From Rebuilding Their Lives

Lara Love Hardin on Reaching Her True Potential After Prison—And Helping Others Do The Same

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The Other Side of Money: On the Stories We Tell about Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality

The Other Side of Money: On the Stories We Tell about Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality

Bette Adriaanse Considers Capitalism, Art, and How Change Happens

By Bette Adriaanse | August 14, 2023

School Librarian Memoirs May Just Be the Next Big Thing

School Librarian Memoirs May Just Be the Next Big Thing

Jess DeCourcy Hinds on Book Bans Across the Nation, Educators' Fights Against Threats, and the Future of Library Access

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | August 11, 2023

Christine Baranski and Jesse Green on Narrating the Life of Mary Rodgers

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In Conversation with Jo Reed on Behind the Mic

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When Writing a Novel Bridges a Gap Between Mother and Daughter

When Writing a Novel Bridges a Gap Between Mother and Daughter

Tomi Obaro on the Unexpected Gift of Her Novel, Dele Weds Destiny

By Tomi Obaro | August 9, 2023

Writing Characters in a World After the Repeal of Roe v. Wade

Writing Characters in a World After the Repeal of Roe v. Wade

Ashley Wurzbacher on the Complexities of Creating a Pro-Choice Novel Today

By Ashley Wurzbacher | August 9, 2023

Julie Otsuka on Writing From and Into Memories

Julie Otsuka on Writing From and Into Memories

"These boxes were my inheritance, the stuff out of which my novels are made."

By Julie Otsuka | August 8, 2023

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