On Self-Reflection, Stories, and and What Mirrors Really Tell Us

On Self-Reflection, Stories, and and What Mirrors Really Tell Us

“The narrative of your present is crafted by the past.”

By Sarah Fawn Montgomery | November 10, 2022

“Let That Dream Die.“ On Watching Tennis and (Actually) Becoming the Best Writer You Can Be

“Let That Dream Die.“ On Watching Tennis and (Actually) Becoming the Best Writer You Can Be

Veronica Roth’s Argument for Embracing the Unknown

By Veronica Roth | November 9, 2022

Hugh Bonneville on His Illustrious <em>Downton Abbey</em> Castmate, Maggie Smith

Hugh Bonneville on His Illustrious Downton Abbey Castmate, Maggie Smith

“We all knew Highclere Castle was the lead character. And we all knew that Maggie Smith ran a pretty close second.”

By Hugh Bonneville | November 9, 2022

Ben Aitken Reads from His New Memoir <em>The Marmalade Diaries</em>

Ben Aitken Reads from His New Memoir The Marmalade Diaries

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | November 9, 2022

How Stoicism Guided Me Through Opening a Small Town Bookstore in the Midst of the Pandemic

How Stoicism Guided Me Through Opening a Small Town Bookstore in the Midst of the Pandemic

Ryan Holiday on Embracing the Struggle Against the World’s Indifference

By Ryan Holiday | November 7, 2022

“I Fight to Learn What it Means to Feel Calm.” Laura van den Berg on Boxing, Vulnerability, and Process

“I Fight to Learn What it Means to Feel Calm.” Laura van den Berg on Boxing, Vulnerability, and Process

Introducing When I’m Not Writing, a Series About Writers and Their Hobbies

By Laura van den Berg | November 7, 2022

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Accidental Craft: On Discovering the Right Way (For Me) to Revise

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What’s The Crown Without a Living Queen Elizabeth II?

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Qian Julie Wang on Zou Or, The Act of Leaving

By Qian Julie Wang | November 7, 2022

Lessons on Community From a Father Reading Dostoyevsky

Lessons on Community From a Father Reading Dostoyevsky

Chris Dombrowski on Service and Care in Missoula, Montana

By Chris Dombrowski | November 7, 2022

Theaters of War: When Performance Becomes Deadly

Theaters of War: When Performance Becomes Deadly

Lyle Jeremy Rubin on the Military’s Seductive Promises of Excitement and Danger

By Lyle Jeremy Rubin | November 4, 2022

On a Desperate Journey to Ciudad Juárez—and the Costly, Dangerous Reality of Abortion in 1968

On a Desperate Journey to Ciudad Juárez—and the Costly, Dangerous Reality of Abortion in 1968

One Woman’s Story of Pregnancy Termination

By Becca Andrews | November 4, 2022

Is Revenge-Baking a Thing?

Is Revenge-Baking a Thing?

Becca Rea-Tucker Finds Kitchen Catharsis with Black Pepper Snowballs

By Becca Rea-Tucker | November 4, 2022

Serena Burdick on Her Novel’s Seventeen-Year Journey to Publication

Serena Burdick on Her Novel’s Seventeen-Year Journey to Publication

“To survive, or at least to survive sanely, it takes a certain amount of endurance.”

By Serena Burdick | November 4, 2022

Dani Shapiro on the Fifteen Year Journey of <em>Signal Fires</em>

Dani Shapiro on the Fifteen Year Journey of Signal Fires

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | November 4, 2022

How to Go Home: On Resisting a Very English Hero’s Journey

How to Go Home: On Resisting a Very English Hero’s Journey

Ellie Robins Considers the Dangers of the Monomyth

By Ellie Robins | November 3, 2022

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