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The Study of Reality: On Trauma, Quantum Mechanics, and Writing Science Fiction

The Study of Reality: On Trauma, Quantum Mechanics, and Writing Science Fiction

Alaya Dawn Johnson Considers the Persistence of Real Life

By Alaya Dawn Johnson | June 14, 2023

I Am Spasticus! On Discovering You Have Cerebral Palsy

I Am Spasticus! On Discovering You Have Cerebral Palsy

Greg Marshall Considers a Long-Held Medical and Family Secret

By Greg Marshall | June 14, 2023

It’s Not Personal: Sarah Viren on Essayistic Visions of the Self

It’s Not Personal: Sarah Viren on Essayistic Visions of the Self

“As we work to fashion a fully rendered version of ourselves, however, we are also arguably creating that self.”

By Sarah Viren | June 13, 2023

An Excellent View of Oblivion: On Italy’s Vanishing Towns

An Excellent View of Oblivion: On Italy’s Vanishing Towns

Dominic Smith Considers Desertion, Both Physical and Emotional

By Dominic Smith | June 13, 2023

Martha Hodes on Her Memoir of a 50-Year-Old Hijacking

Martha Hodes on Her Memoir of a 50-Year-Old Hijacking

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 13, 2023

Geloy Concepcion on Creating a Confessional Photo Diary on Instagram

Geloy Concepcion on Creating a Confessional Photo Diary on Instagram

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 13, 2023

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Parts of a Whole: Ann Napolitano on Reaching for the Vivacity and Connection of Little Women

By Ann Napolitano | June 12, 2023

Manuel Betancourt on Navigating Queerness in English and Spanish

By Manuel Betancourt | June 12, 2023

Between the River and the Sea: Surviving a Near-Death Experience on the Columbia River

By Randall Sullivan | June 9, 2023

Anne Berest on Diving Into Her History for <em>The Postcard</em>

Anne Berest on Diving Into Her History for The Postcard

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | June 9, 2023

Literary Friends to Enemies: Why Graham Greene Hated Anthony Burgess

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Michael Mewshaw on the Animosity Between Two Giants of 20th-Century British Literature

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Living My Life as the “Muslim Ron Swanson” in the Age of Digital Surveillance

Living My Life as the “Muslim Ron Swanson” in the Age of Digital Surveillance

Aisha Abdel Gawad on the Fear of Being Watched in a Post-9/11 World

By Aisha Abdel Gawad | June 9, 2023

Telling the Stories of Three Girls Swallowed by the Troubled Teen Industry

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Samantha Leach on the Questions Left in the Wake of a Friend's Death

By Samantha Leach | June 9, 2023

George and I: Frieda Hughes on the Early Days of Raising a Magpie

George and I: Frieda Hughes on the Early Days of Raising a Magpie

“His warmly feathered presence was like having an emissary of the natural world grounding me daily.”

By Frieda Hughes | June 8, 2023

Finding Radical Potential in Nigella Lawson’s Food

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Rebecca May Johnson on the Power of an Overt Claim to Pleasure

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Why Didn’t I Want My Beloved Father to Read My Memoir?

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Martha Hodes on Diving Deep into the Trauma of Her Hijacking

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