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On Translation and the (Temporary) Inheritance of Trauma

On Translation and the (Temporary) Inheritance of Trauma

Yardenne Greenspan Considers What It Means to Truly Inhabit an Author’s Work

By Yardenne Greenspan | January 4, 2023

Searching For Home with Samuel Beckett

Searching For Home with Samuel Beckett

"It’s possible that carrying around cracks in the first foundation... helps a person accept a cosmos flawed at its core."

By Ken Babstock | January 4, 2023

On Authenticity, Research, and Writing From the Diaspora

On Authenticity, Research, and Writing From the Diaspora

V.V. Ganeshananthan on Writing About Sri Lanka

By V.V. Ganeshananthan | January 4, 2023

Chris Belcher on Blurring the Lines Between Sex Work and Academia

Chris Belcher on Blurring the Lines Between Sex Work and Academia

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 4, 2023

How Zora Neale Hurston’s Study of Hoodoo Helped Me Grieve

How Zora Neale Hurston’s Study of Hoodoo Helped Me Grieve

Tracey Rose Peyton on Making Peace With Her Father

By Tracey Rose Peyton | January 3, 2023

“My Ithaca Burned Down, Too.” A Letter from a Teenage Joycean and Ukrainian Refugee

“My Ithaca Burned Down, Too.” A Letter from a Teenage Joycean and Ukrainian Refugee

“I’m Ruslana from Severodonetsk, a now disappearing city.”

By José Vergara | January 3, 2023

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