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California State of Mind: Searching for Didion and Babitz in Literary Los Angeles

California State of Mind: Searching for Didion and Babitz in Literary Los Angeles

Marianne Eloise on Two of Her Favorite Writers—Who Could Not Be More Different

By Marianne Eloise | July 5, 2022

1980s Glam French Rebellion: A Literary Playlist

1980s Glam French Rebellion: A Literary Playlist

By Valérie Perrin, Author of Three

By Valérie Perrin | July 5, 2022

Emily Rapp Black on Frida Kahlo, Disability, and the Myth of the Suffering Artist

Emily Rapp Black on Frida Kahlo, Disability, and the Myth of the Suffering Artist

This Week From the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | July 5, 2022

From Memoir to Fiction: A World More Beautiful and Real than Reality

From Memoir to Fiction: A World More Beautiful and Real than Reality

Yara Zgheib on Blending the Real With the Imaginary

By Yara Zgheib | July 5, 2022

The Alchemy of Language: Ina Cariño on Naming, Claiming, and Protecting Ancestral Land

The Alchemy of Language: Ina Cariño on Naming, Claiming, and Protecting Ancestral Land

“I spell myself deliberately, with intention: an alchemization, plain metal to gold.”

By Ina Cariño | July 1, 2022

Jen Mediano on Letter-Writing, Losing Touch, and Second-Hand Mourning

Jen Mediano on Letter-Writing, Losing Touch, and Second-Hand Mourning

“Letters are a hinge into the invisible world; a place to share and to hone.”

By Jen Mediano | July 1, 2022

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Required Reading: How My Daughter’s Homework Inspired My Novel

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Heat, Rain, and Snow in Baltimore: On Reporting in the Pre-Digital Era

By David Michael Ettlin | June 30, 2022

WATCH: Keith Gessen on the Profound (and Often Maddening) Experience of Being a Dad

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In One of Her Last Interviews, Joan Didion Talks to Hari Kunzru About Loss, <em>Blue Nights</em>, and Giving Up the Yellow Corvette

In One of Her Last Interviews, Joan Didion Talks to Hari Kunzru About Loss, Blue Nights, and Giving Up the Yellow Corvette

“Something happened—the ease of my relationship with language disappeared.”

By Hari Kunzru | June 29, 2022

Alex Balk on the Bittersweetness of Encountering a Beloved Childhood Toy

Alex Balk on the Bittersweetness of Encountering a Beloved Childhood Toy

“Things that are lost should stay lost.”

By Alex Balk | June 29, 2022

The Knife’s Edge Between Dopesickness and Delusional Hope: Keri Blakinger on Her First Week in Jail

The Knife’s Edge Between Dopesickness and Delusional Hope: Keri Blakinger on Her First Week in Jail

“I walked out of my cell into a brave new world I still did not understand.”

By Keri Blakinger | June 29, 2022

Writing Into the Future: What Motherhood and Creativity Have in Common

Writing Into the Future: What Motherhood and Creativity Have in Common

Alexis Schaitkin on Bringing Babies and Novels Into the World

By Alexis Schaitkin | June 29, 2022

Mary Pipher on the Dizzying Pitfalls of Instant Fame

Mary Pipher on the Dizzying Pitfalls of Instant Fame

“From these experiences, I learned that nothing was glamorous.”

By Mary Pipher | June 29, 2022

On “Creative Cross-Training.” How Bartending Helped Me Write My Novel

On “Creative Cross-Training.” How Bartending Helped Me Write My Novel

Wesley Straton Outlines the Benefits of Working the Bar Shift

By Wesley Straton | June 28, 2022

Fiddleheads, F*ck Ups, and Life on the Farm

Fiddleheads, F*ck Ups, and Life on the Farm

“On the farm there isn’t a maze of an ecosystem but just a simple human plan.”

By Ellyn Gaydos | June 28, 2022

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