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Kathryn Ma on Growing Up a Librarian’s Daughter

Kathryn Ma on Growing Up a Librarian’s Daughter

“Say the word ‘library,’ say the word ‘books,’ and I feel my mother close.”

By Kathryn Ma | January 25, 2023

Sheep Shearing in the 21st Century: Craft or Career?

Sheep Shearing in the 21st Century: Craft or Career?

Peggy Orenstein on the Challenges and Changes to Contemporary Agricultural Work

By Peggy Orenstein | January 24, 2023

A Modernist’s Modernist: On the Brilliance—and Influence—of Katherine Mansfield

A Modernist’s Modernist: On the Brilliance—and Influence—of Katherine Mansfield

“Thinking about Mansfield’s work makes me understand again how literature is never just a story.”

By Kirsty Gunn | January 23, 2023

Hot, Cute, and a Little Bit Punk: Mina Seçkin on Exploring the World of Pokémon

Hot, Cute, and a Little Bit Punk: Mina Seçkin on Exploring the World of Pokémon

When I’m Not Writing, a Series About Writers and Their Hobbies

By Mina Seçkin | January 23, 2023

Writing Fiction Is a Way to Ensure My Ancestors’ Stories Are Remembered

Writing Fiction Is a Way to Ensure My Ancestors’ Stories Are Remembered

Jamila Minnicks on Finding Inspirations in Her Family’s Triumphs—Not Only Their Traumas

By Jamila Minnicks | January 23, 2023

A Poisoned Reality: Jared Yates Sexton on Growing up with Conspiracy Theories and End-Times Prophecy

A Poisoned Reality: Jared Yates Sexton on Growing up with Conspiracy Theories and End-Times Prophecy

“Ensuring a better future depends on dismantling these lies and finding something that even approaches the truth.”

By Jared Yates Sexton | January 20, 2023

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Paul Auster: Why Is America the Most Violent Country in the Western World?

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On the Normalization of Gun Culture in the United States

By Paul Auster | January 18, 2023

Dissolution Foretold: Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh on the Reality of His Own Diagnosis

Dissolution Foretold: Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh on the Reality of His Own Diagnosis

“The problem is that our true self, our brain, has changed.”

By Henry Marsh | January 17, 2023

How Leaning into Marginalia Helped Me Accept the Loss of Control That Comes with Publication

How Leaning into Marginalia Helped Me Accept the Loss of Control That Comes with Publication

Josh Riedel on Doodles, Dogears, and Acceptance

By Josh Riedel | January 17, 2023

What Would It Mean to Really Make Space for Mother-Artists?

What Would It Mean to Really Make Space for Mother-Artists?

Janet Manley on Hettie Judah and the Perennial Problem of the “Mother-Shaped Hole”

By Janet Manley | January 13, 2023

Despite leaks, Prince Harry’s memoir is the UK’s fastest selling nonfiction title ever.

Despite leaks, Prince Harry’s memoir is the UK’s fastest selling nonfiction title ever.

By Jonny Diamond | January 12, 2023

The Names of Things: Larissa Pham on Nature Walks and the Grammar of Animacy

The Names of Things: Larissa Pham on Nature Walks and the Grammar of Animacy

When I’m Not Writing, a Series About Writers and Their Hobbies

By Larissa Pham | January 12, 2023

Singer-Songwriter Margo Price on Finding Truth and Joy in Writing a Memoir

Singer-Songwriter Margo Price on Finding Truth and Joy in Writing a Memoir

Maggie Smith Talks to the Author of Maybe We'll Make It

By Maggie Smith | January 12, 2023

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