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A Shed of One’s Own: Louise Kennedy on the Blissful Semi-Solitude of Her Backyard Writing Space

A Shed of One’s Own: Louise Kennedy on the Blissful Semi-Solitude of Her Backyard Writing Space

“During the pandemic, I felt like the luckiest woman in Ireland.”

By Louise Kennedy | November 1, 2022

Master of Ceremonies: Melissa Holbrook Pierson Remembers Peter Schjeldahl

Master of Ceremonies: Melissa Holbrook Pierson Remembers Peter Schjeldahl

“It could not be big, loud, fiery, or dangerous enough to suit him.”

By Melissa Holbrook Pierson | November 1, 2022

Where Cocktail Hour Never Ends: On Jamaica, Tourism, and the Remnants of Empire

Where Cocktail Hour Never Ends: On Jamaica, Tourism, and the Remnants of Empire

Dionne Irving on Being a Foreigner in Her Ancestral Home

By Dionne Irving | November 1, 2022

Manuel Muñoz on Trying and Failing to Tell The Story of His Biological Father

Manuel Muñoz on Trying and Failing to Tell The Story of His Biological Father

“Everyone asked me how I felt, but the mystery was how he had felt.”

By Manuel Muñoz | November 1, 2022

Finding Black Queer Life Between the Lines of History

Finding Black Queer Life Between the Lines of History

Suzette Mayr on Her Search for the Sleeping Car Porter

By Suzette Mayr | November 1, 2022

“A Ghost Is a Memory.” On Bodies, Belief, and the Places Ghost Stories Live

“A Ghost Is a Memory.” On Bodies, Belief, and the Places Ghost Stories Live

GennaRose Nethercott Tells the Story of a Long Night in an Old House

By GennaRose Nethercott | October 31, 2022

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“Giacometti Slept with the Lights On...” And Other Encounters with Mid-Century Art Stars

By Barbara Chase-Riboud | October 31, 2022

How to Come to Terms With Troubling Ancestors

By Keen On | October 31, 2022

What I Write in My Journal is Just for Me (It is Not My Memoir)

By Jeanna Kadlec | October 28, 2022

Paul Newman on the “Lusty Time” He Had Filming <em>The Long, Hot Summer</em> with Joanne Woodward

Paul Newman on the “Lusty Time” He Had Filming The Long, Hot Summer with Joanne Woodward

“For us, the promise of everything was there from the beginning.”

By Paul Newman | October 28, 2022

When Awe Meets Narrative: On Chasing Local Folklore at the Edge of the Ocean

When Awe Meets Narrative: On Chasing Local Folklore at the Edge of the Ocean

In Which Emily Urquhart Explores Villain/Helper Tropes in a Small Maritime Town

By Emily Urquhart | October 28, 2022

How Booksellers Conspired to Create the Perfect Bookstore Marriage Proposal

How Booksellers Conspired to Create the Perfect Bookstore Marriage Proposal

From Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, Vermont

By Gordon Dossett | October 27, 2022

How Rock and Roll Came to Sioux Falls, South Dakota

How Rock and Roll Came to Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Patrick Lalley on the Rise and Fall of The Pomp Room

By Patrick Lalley | October 27, 2022

This Is Not a Drill: How to Go Into Lockdown in a School Library 

This Is Not a Drill: How to Go Into Lockdown in a School Library 

Jess deCourcy Hinds Describes an All Too Familiar Scene

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | October 26, 2022

Darryl Pinckney on Working for the <em>New York Review of Books</em> and Navigating New York City’s Literary Scene as a Young Black Writer

Darryl Pinckney on Working for the New York Review of Books and Navigating New York City’s Literary Scene as a Young Black Writer

“Bob and Barbara are dinosaurs and we’re these mammals running around afraid of getting squashed.”

By Darryl Pinckney | October 26, 2022

How My Novel Disappeared—And Why it Came Back

How My Novel Disappeared—And Why it Came Back

Lucy Ferriss on the “Strange Miracle” That Brought Back Her Story

By Lucy Ferriss | October 26, 2022

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