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Julia Reed on the Memories Woven Into Well-Worn Clothes

Julia Reed on the Memories Woven Into Well-Worn Clothes

”Years from now when I find them in my closet I will remember what havoc I will have wreaked.”

By Julia Reed | September 26, 2022

Conjuring Family Through Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

Conjuring Family Through Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

Maren Ellingboe King on Making Classic Midwestern Cuisine for the Modern Era

By Maren Ellingboe King | September 23, 2022

The Difficulty of Writing About Male Intimacy

The Difficulty of Writing About Male Intimacy

Michael Pedersen on Male Friendship and Vulnerability

By Michael Pedersen | September 22, 2022

Malaka Gharib on a Summer in Egypt and Learning to Love Her Stepmother

Malaka Gharib on a Summer in Egypt and Learning to Love Her Stepmother

From her Graphic Memoir, It Won't Always Be Like This

By Malaka Gharib | September 21, 2022

Allure and Illusions: My Seven-Year-Old, Me, and the Cult of Gymnastics

Allure and Illusions: My Seven-Year-Old, Me, and the Cult of Gymnastics

Alison Wisdom Finds Similarities Between an Elite Sport and a Fundamentalist Church

By Alison Wisdom | September 21, 2022

Screaming in Secret: Dahlia Lithwick on the Women Who Work Within the Legal System

Screaming in Secret: Dahlia Lithwick on the Women Who Work Within the Legal System

“For all the flaws of the legal system, of the court system, and even of the #MeToo movement, it helped us find our way to one another.”

By Dahlia Lithwick | September 20, 2022

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Where Blackness is a World of Possibility

By Hafizah Augustus Geter | September 20, 2022

How the Trapper Keeper Shaped a Generation of Writers

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | September 19, 2022

Exploring Spaces Between Experiences and Stories: Rachel Aviv and Chloé Cooper Jones in Conversation

By Chloé Cooper Jones | September 19, 2022

The Lost Stitch, The Loosened Tile: Akiko Busch on the Ambiguities of Home

The Lost Stitch, The Loosened Tile: Akiko Busch on the Ambiguities of Home

“I remember the feel of these rooms much more than I even remember the people in them.”

By Akiko Busch | September 19, 2022

When Your OCD Therapy is Also a Treatment for Writers’ Block

When Your OCD Therapy is Also a Treatment for Writers’ Block

Elissa Bassist on Learning to Lean in to the Fear of Writing Like an Idiot

By Elissa Bassist | September 16, 2022

Learning the Culture of Blame as a Child at the State Welfare Office

Learning the Culture of Blame as a Child at the State Welfare Office

David Ambroz on the Hunger, Red Tape, and Unspoken Rules That Accompany Childhood Poverty

By David Ambroz | September 16, 2022

Fictionalizing the Stories of Two Women Who Fought to Save Jewish Children in World War II-Era Europe

Fictionalizing the Stories of Two Women Who Fought to Save Jewish Children in World War II-Era Europe

Kristin Beck on the Women Who Inspired Her Novel

By Kristin Beck | September 16, 2022

Read the Winners of <em>American Short Fiction</em>’s 2022 Insider Prize, Selected by Lauren Hough

Read the Winners of American Short Fiction’s 2022 Insider Prize, Selected by Lauren Hough

Memoir by Michael John Wiese; Fiction by David Antares

By Literary Hub | September 15, 2022

Abundant Joy: 9 Black Diasporic Voices Imagine a Better World

Abundant Joy: 9 Black Diasporic Voices Imagine a Better World

Natasha Marin Asked a Hundred Black Diasporic Voices About Power, Love, and Safety

By Natasha Marin | September 15, 2022

A Life Told in Dishes: Five Essential Food Memoirs

A Life Told in Dishes: Five Essential Food Memoirs

Sylvie Bigar Recommends Nora Ephron, Edward Lee, Diana Abu-Jaber, and More

By Sylvie Bigar | September 14, 2022

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