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Blood, Sweat, and Paint: Finding the Work Behind the Art

Blood, Sweat, and Paint: Finding the Work Behind the Art

Bianca Bosker Explores the Artistic Practice From the Painter’s Perspective

By Bianca Bosker | February 8, 2024

“D,” an Alphabetical Prose Experiment by Sheila Heti

“D,” an Alphabetical Prose Experiment by Sheila Heti

From the Book “Alphabetical Diaries”

By Sheila Heti | February 6, 2024

Supernatural Inheritance: On a Unique Family Gift That Crosses Continents

Supernatural Inheritance: On a Unique Family Gift That Crosses Continents

Margot Livesey Explores the Possibility of a Power Passed Down for Generations

By Margot Livesey | February 6, 2024

Fictionalizing Real Trauma as a Means of Healing

Fictionalizing Real Trauma as a Means of Healing

“The psychic burden would’ve been too great if I’d written the story as memoir.”

By Chris Cander | February 2, 2024

Landlord, Teacher, Writer: Brandi Wells on Learning to Separate Themself From Their Job(s)

Landlord, Teacher, Writer: Brandi Wells on Learning to Separate Themself From Their Job(s)

“Reframing work is an ongoing and sometimes impossible-seeming process.”

By Brandi Wells | January 31, 2024

How Ai Weiwei Marries Advocacy and Art at Home and Abroad

How Ai Weiwei Marries Advocacy and Art at Home and Abroad

From His Graphic Memoir, "Zodiac"

By Ai Weiwei, Elettra Stamboulis and Gianluca Costantini | January 30, 2024

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“Let us celebrate. Not in a way that is meant to milk our pocketbooks in the name of consumerism and capitalism, but with love.”

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The Splintering of the Self: Annie Liontas on Life After Concussion

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“I tell myself that the brain injury did not take away a self, rather it revealed many other selves heretofore unknown to me.”

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Lightning and Land Ablaze: The Primal Terror of Living in Wildfire Country

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Manjula Martin Recounts a Day of Apocalyptic Storms in Northern California

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Susan Muaddi Darraj on Finding Inspiration in the Lives of Ordinary Palestinians

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“I take my cue from them—these are my people, and their humble resilience will continue to inspire me.”

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Why I Write Gay: Eric Schlich Channels His Bisexuality Through Queer Protagonists

Why I Write Gay: Eric Schlich Channels His Bisexuality Through Queer Protagonists

“I’m done thinking of that as cowardly. Because what it really was, was empowering.”

By Eric Schlich | January 18, 2024

Migraines, Motherhood and Marriage: On the Challenges of Managing an Open Relationship

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Molly Roden Winter Explores the Dynamics of Multiple Simultaneous Partnerships

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