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On Memoir, Permission, and the Thorny Terrain of Writing About Family

On Memoir, Permission, and the Thorny Terrain of Writing About Family

Jane Wong: “My father wrote half of me into being, I suppose. My mother wrote the other half.”

By Jane Wong | May 6, 2024

Khadijah Queen on the Value of Intimacy and Self-Care for Someone on the Asexual Spectrum

Khadijah Queen on the Value of Intimacy and Self-Care for Someone on the Asexual Spectrum

“True intimacy means striving for complete knowing.”

By Khadijah Queen | May 2, 2024

Hero of a Cult of One: On Loving Cormac McCarthy’s Early Work

Hero of a Cult of One: On Loving Cormac McCarthy’s Early Work

Jason K. Friedman Considers the Enduring Creative Influence of a Now-Beloved American Writer

By Jason K. Friedman | May 1, 2024

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

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

Karen Valby: “It is not my job to be a white woman beyond reproach—some mythical anti-Karen that doesn’t even exist.”

By Karen Valby | April 30, 2024

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

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

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

By Marc Berley | April 29, 2024

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

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

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

By Aaron Hicklin | April 26, 2024

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When Writing Your Novel (Maybe) Manifests Your Breakup

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

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Sad about Pitchfork? Try one of these classic collections of music writing.

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Torn Dresses, Frank Sinatra, Ghosts in the Loo: Judi Dench on a Lifetime of Playing Shakespeare

Torn Dresses, Frank Sinatra, Ghosts in the Loo: Judi Dench on a Lifetime of Playing Shakespeare

Judi Dench and the Actor and Director Brendan O'Hea in Conversation from Their New Book "Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent"

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Sasha Vasilyuk on the Price of Secrecy in Russia and Ukraine

Sasha Vasilyuk on the Price of Secrecy in Russia and Ukraine

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Your Presence Is Mandatory”

By Jane Ciabattari | April 23, 2024

Dorothy Allison: “In the Stories We Share and Those We Have Not Yet Crafted—We Live Forever”

Dorothy Allison: “In the Stories We Share and Those We Have Not Yet Crafted—We Live Forever”

From Her Publishing Triangle’s Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement Speech

By Dorothy Allison | April 22, 2024

“We are Here.” On Rediscovering Safety and Beauty in the Wonders of Nature

“We are Here.” On Rediscovering Safety and Beauty in the Wonders of Nature

Aimee Nezhukumatathil Considers the South Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher

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Two Vietnams: Chronicling a Father and Daughter’s Shared Love For the Same Country

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Christina Vo on Writing an Intergenerational Tale of a Divided Land

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How Much is Enough? On the Writerly Balance Between Money and Time

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Writing As Labor: Doing More With Less, Together

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David Hill on the Myth of the Middle Class Writer

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