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Why Helen Garner Embedded With Her Grandson’s Footy Club

Why Helen Garner Embedded With Her Grandson’s Footy Club

“That’s when footy really got a grip on me. It made me feel lucky to be alive.”

By Helen Garner | September 4, 2025

Why AI Narrators Will Never Be Able to Tell a Real Human Story

Why AI Narrators Will Never Be Able to Tell a Real Human Story

Adam Verner Explores the Uncanny Valley of Automated Audiobooks

By Adam Verner | September 3, 2025

Miriam Toews on Grief, Guilt, and Memory

Miriam Toews on Grief, Guilt, and Memory

“I was convinced that I had destroyed the people I loved most in the world.”

By Miriam Toews | September 3, 2025

The Necessity of Return: On Years of Ritual Killings in Nigeria

The Necessity of Return: On Years of Ritual Killings in Nigeria

Adedayo Agarau Describes the Trauma of Returning to the Street He Grew Up On

By Adedayo Agarau | September 3, 2025

It’s Okay to Hate <em>The House of Mirth</em>

It’s Okay to Hate The House of Mirth

Carlo Rotella on Reading (and Learning) from Books We Dislike

By Carlo Rotella | September 2, 2025

Dr. Seema Jilani on the Dark Parallels Between Srebrenica and Gaza

Dr. Seema Jilani on the Dark Parallels Between Srebrenica and Gaza

“A maligned Muslim people, abandoned by their brothers and dehumanized by the West...”

By Seema Jilani | August 29, 2025

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Nature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated Memoir

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Polly Atkin Consider the Danger of Publishers Endorsing Quackery

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Our Good Season is Your Catastrophe: On Life as a Wildland Firefighter

Our Good Season is Your Catastrophe: On Life as a Wildland Firefighter

How River Selby Found Herself Battling Wildfires

By River Selby | August 25, 2025

Surviving the Infamous Flour Massacre in Gaza

Surviving the Infamous Flour Massacre in Gaza

Ahmed Dader: “I will need years for the scenes of that night to fade in my memory.”

By Ahmed Dader | August 25, 2025

On Discovering My Aunt Eleni’s Place in Queer Greek Literature

On Discovering My Aunt Eleni’s Place in Queer Greek Literature

Natalie Bakopoulos Shares Lessons From Translating Her Aunt’s Novel

By Natalie Bakopoulos | August 21, 2025

Ilya Kaminsky on Discovering Poetry as a Deaf Child in Ukraine

Ilya Kaminsky on Discovering Poetry as a Deaf Child in Ukraine

“The language of poetry speaks to all our senses... It can speak, privately, to all of us. It is visceral.”

By Ilya Kaminsky | August 20, 2025

River Selby on Wildland Firefighting, Processing Trauma, and Writing For Your Younger Self

River Selby on Wildland Firefighting, Processing Trauma, and Writing For Your Younger Self

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Hotshot”

By Jane Ciabattari | August 19, 2025

What’s Good? Raymond Antrobus on Deafness, Poetry and Finding Your Purpose

What’s Good? Raymond Antrobus on Deafness, Poetry and Finding Your Purpose

“Poetry helped me, even if it was just a way to temporarily lift or lighten the narrative of the world.”

By Raymond Antrobus | August 19, 2025

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