What Are We Getting Out of Mythology?

What Are We Getting Out of Mythology?

Seamus Sullivan on Honesty and Mercy in Reading Myths

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A Pilgrimage to Monk’s House, Where Virginia Woolf Found a Room of Her Own

A Pilgrimage to Monk’s House, Where Virginia Woolf Found a Room of Her Own

Katie da Cunha Lewin on the Role of Writing Spaces in the Creative Lives of Virginia Woolf and Other Literary Icons

By Katie da Cunha Lewin | September 26, 2025

Against True Crime Sensationalism

Against True Crime Sensationalism

Prison Journalist John J. Lennon on Exploitative Entertainment and Life in Sing Sing

By John J. Lennon | September 24, 2025

Why Drag Queen Story Hour Matters

Why Drag Queen Story Hour Matters

Nina West on How Her Own Love of Reading Led to a Career in Drag and Literature

By Nina West | September 24, 2025

Writing Yourself Into Existence: On Loving Worlds Where We Don’t Belong

Writing Yourself Into Existence: On Loving Worlds Where We Don’t Belong

Abdi Nazemian: "My empathy is big enough to let me love something (or someone) even if they have not pledged allegiance to me..."

By Abdi Nazemian | September 24, 2025

Understanding My Mother Through the Movies She Made

Understanding My Mother Through the Movies She Made

Marisa Silver on Recognizing Her Mother Frame By Frame

By Marisa Silver | September 23, 2025

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Sara Stridsberg on Reading Omar El Akkad Amidst the Serbian Protests

Sara Stridsberg on Reading Omar El Akkad Amidst the Serbian Protests

“I still take El Akkad’s book with me everywhere, holding it tight as if it can save my soul. It can’t.”

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The Link Between Trauma, Drug Use, and Our Search to Feel Better

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“As capitalism has invented ever more ways to be miserable, so too has it invented ever more specific ways to ease that misery.”

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Spells, Skepticism, and Surrender: What Happens When the Agent Becomes the Author

Spells, Skepticism, and Surrender: What Happens When the Agent Becomes the Author

Samantha Browning Shea on Breaking Her Own Rules

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Laughing in Hell: How We Tell the Stories of Other Peoples’ Suicides

Laughing in Hell: How We Tell the Stories of Other Peoples’ Suicides

Sarah Adler on Reading Blake Butler in the Wake of Loss

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Returning to the World of <em>Chocolat</em>, 25 Years Later

Returning to the World of Chocolat, 25 Years Later

Joanne Harris on Writing a Sequel to Her Most Celebrated Novel

By Joanne Harris | September 8, 2025

Breadcrumbs: Searching for Synchronicity, in Life and Literature

Breadcrumbs: Searching for Synchronicity, in Life and Literature

Tara Yazdan Panah on Eve Babitz, Carl Jung, and Divinely Oriented Surprise

By Tara Yazdan Panah | September 8, 2025

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