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Invisible Women: On the Victorian Custom of Cutting Mothers Out of Portraits

Invisible Women: On the Victorian Custom of Cutting Mothers Out of Portraits

Ellen O’Connell Whittet Considers the Photographic Evidence of Maternal Erasure

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | May 10, 2024

A Different Kind of Dad Book: Lucas Mann on Fatherhood, Writing, and the Essay as an Act of Care

A Different Kind of Dad Book: Lucas Mann on Fatherhood, Writing, and the Essay as an Act of Care

The Author of “Attachments: Essays on Fatherhood and Other Performances” in Talks to Brian Gresko

By Brian Gresko | May 9, 2024

How the Beloved Memory of Dead Pets Can Help Guide the Writing Process

How the Beloved Memory of Dead Pets Can Help Guide the Writing Process

Simon Van Booy on Letting Go and Following the Story Wherever It Takes Him

By Simon Van Booy | May 9, 2024

Why You Should Keep a Garden Journal (Even if You Don’t Have a Garden)

Why You Should Keep a Garden Journal (Even if You Don’t Have a Garden)

Fiona Warnick on the Question of What Is Worth Documenting

By Fiona Warnick | May 9, 2024

How Pregnancy Forever Transforms the Body and the Mind

How Pregnancy Forever Transforms the Body and the Mind

Lucy Jones on the Eternal Biological Bonds Between Mothers and Children

By Lucy Jones | May 9, 2024

Remembering My Friend and Agent, Richard Parks

Remembering My Friend and Agent, Richard Parks

“You never know what you will get till you try.”

By Elizabeth Graver | May 8, 2024

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Tackling Ballet’s History of Anti-Blackness as a White Woman

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Closing the Literary Circle: Marc Berley on Editing the Work of Gordon Lish

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"No one, I learned, appreciates the care and effort of an editor more than Lish."

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How Novelist Lynne Reid Banks Helped Me See Myself—and the World

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Aaron Hicklin: “I yearned for a bigger life and was sure it would come for me.”

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When Writing Your Novel (Maybe) Manifests Your Breakup

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Hazel Hayes on Seeing Her Characters’ Relationship Problems Mirror Her Own

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The Creators of a Bicycle-Powered Library Reflect on Its Humble Beginnings

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