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On Muriel Spark’s Complicated Balancing of Writing and Motherhood

On Muriel Spark’s Complicated Balancing of Writing and Motherhood

Begoña Gómez Urzaiz Considers the Competing Demands of Career and Childcare

By Begoña Gómez Urzaiz | September 12, 2022

Mychal Denzel Smith on How to Have an Opinion in Memoir

Mychal Denzel Smith on How to Have an Opinion in Memoir

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | September 12, 2022

The Danger—and Hope—of a First Year in America

The Danger—and Hope—of a First Year in America

Boyah J. Farah on Making the Immigrant Adjustment to Bedford, Massachusetts

By Boyah J. Farah | September 12, 2022

Javier Zamora: You Can't Simply Make Art From Your Trauma to Heal Yourself

Javier Zamora: You Can't Simply Make Art From Your Trauma to Heal Yourself

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | September 9, 2022

The Complicated Relationship Between Kansans and Truman Capote’s <em>In Cold Blood</em>

The Complicated Relationship Between Kansans and Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood

Jessa Crispin on the Allure of “Convenient” Stories

By Jessa Crispin | September 8, 2022

Fear Not. Have Fun: Ann Beattie on Lessons in Cooking and Life from James Haller

Fear Not. Have Fun: Ann Beattie on Lessons in Cooking and Life from James Haller

The Eloquent, Eclectic, and Enlightening Books of a Great Chef

By Ann Beattie | September 7, 2022

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Honestly, I’d Rather Be Living in an Elin Hilderbrand Novel

By Mary Bergman | September 7, 2022

My Cyborg Future: Alice Wong on Prophetic High School Poetry and Processing Pain

By Alice Wong | September 7, 2022

The Art of Silence: Finding Beauty in the Unspoken After Losing My Voice to ALS

By Cai Emmons | September 7, 2022

Javier Zamora Talks About His Unaccompanied Migration From El Salvador to California at the Age of Nine

Javier Zamora Talks About His Unaccompanied Migration From El Salvador to California at the Age of Nine

Javier Zamora in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 6, 2022

When Writing a Book Means Learning to Listen

When Writing a Book Means Learning to Listen

Michael Frank on an Education in Receiving the Story of a Life

By Michael Frank | September 6, 2022

Why I Wrote My Memoir, a Letter to My Transgender Daughter, Under a Pen Name

Why I Wrote My Memoir, a Letter to My Transgender Daughter, Under a Pen Name

“The protective force field is, in the end, imaginary.”

By Carolyn Hays | September 6, 2022

Life Growing Up on a Pig Farm in the Alabama Mountains: Nasty, Brutish, and Short

Life Growing Up on a Pig Farm in the Alabama Mountains: Nasty, Brutish, and Short

Neal Wooten in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 6, 2022

Casey Parks on Piecing Together the Life Story of an Enigmatic Subject

Casey Parks on Piecing Together the Life Story of an Enigmatic Subject

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 6, 2022

No Pets Left Behind: A Brief History of Photography Told Through Antique Dog Portraits

No Pets Left Behind: A Brief History of Photography Told Through Antique Dog Portraits

Anthony Cavo Pays Tribute to the Bond Between People and Their Pets

By Anthony Cavo | September 2, 2022

How Making Maple Syrup Keeps Native Culture Alive

How Making Maple Syrup Keeps Native Culture Alive

Joseph Bruchac on Tapping Maple Trees in the Adirondack Foothills

By Joseph Bruchac | September 2, 2022

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