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What I Learned From Making a Documentary About My Grandmother Beryl Bainbridge

What I Learned From Making a Documentary About My Grandmother Beryl Bainbridge

Filmmaker Charlie Russell on Keeping His Grandmother’s Story Alive for a New Generation

By Charlie Russell | March 13, 2026

On the Power of Maia Kobabe’s <em>Gender Queer</em>, One of the Most Banned Books of Its Era

On the Power of Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer, One of the Most Banned Books of Its Era

Nico Mara-McKay Considers the Groundbreaking 2019 Graphic Memoir

By Nico Mara-McKay | March 12, 2026

On the Struggle to Be a Good Man in Vivek Shraya’s <em>I’m Afraid of Men</em>

On the Struggle to Be a Good Man in Vivek Shraya’s I’m Afraid of Men

Costa Beavin Pappas Considers the 2018 Memoir

By Costa Beavin Pappas | March 12, 2026

On T Cooper’s Early Meditations on Being a Trans Man, <em>Real Man Adventures</em>

On T Cooper’s Early Meditations on Being a Trans Man, Real Man Adventures

Calvin Kasulke Considers the 2013 Essay Collection

By Calvin Kasulke | March 12, 2026

Five Books About Breaking Up... With Your Friend

Five Books About Breaking Up... With Your Friend

Sarvat Hasin Recommends Elena Ferrante, Sharlene Teo, Maeve Binchy, and More

By Sarvat Hasin | March 11, 2026

Family Ghosts: On What We Do and Do Not Learn About Our Parents

Family Ghosts: On What We Do and Do Not Learn About Our Parents

Laurie Hertzel Considers the Generational Silences Left by Untold Stories

By Laurie Hertzel | March 11, 2026

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Larry Sultan on the Role of Ambiguity in Art

Larry Sultan on the Role of Ambiguity in Art

“I think part of the role of ambiguity relates to my own ambivalence. I don’t know what to make of things.”

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On Shirley Jackson’s <em>The Haunting of Hill House</em> Though the Lens of Childrearing

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Lesley Jenike Considers What Motherhood Can Reveal About the Self

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Language as Resistance: Camonghne Felix on the Liberatory Potential of Poetry

Language as Resistance: Camonghne Felix on the Liberatory Potential of Poetry

“We can go to poetry to mark the design of the world we see and the world we desire to conjure.”

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