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On the Insanity of Being a Scrabble Enthusiast

On the Insanity of Being a Scrabble Enthusiast

Oliver Roeder Navigates the Highs and Lows of His Stint as a Competitive Player

By Oliver Roeder | January 25, 2022

God of Teenage Appetites: On the Undeniable Allure of Meat Loaf

God of Teenage Appetites: On the Undeniable Allure of Meat Loaf

Summer Brennan Revisits the Genius of “I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)”

By Summer Brennan | January 24, 2022

Imaginary Dentistry and Real Novels: On My Father’s Deathbed Hallucinations

Imaginary Dentistry and Real Novels: On My Father’s Deathbed Hallucinations

Eileen Pollack on Passion and Peace

By Eileen Pollack | January 24, 2022

Pareidolia: Of Patterns, Randomness, and Attention

Pareidolia: Of Patterns, Randomness, and Attention

Kate Colby on Connection, Meaning, and the Idea of Art

By Kate Colby | January 24, 2022

My Novel’s 16-Year Journey Across the Atlantic Ocean

My Novel’s 16-Year Journey Across the Atlantic Ocean

Mads Nygaard on Finding His Book’s American Family

By Mads Nygaard | January 21, 2022

The Rest Principle: On the Necessity of Recovery, in Fitness and Writing

The Rest Principle: On the Necessity of Recovery, in Fitness and Writing

Bill Hayes Applies the Lessons of Personal Training to the Life of a Writer

By Bill Hayes | January 20, 2022

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The Smell of Sun Cream: Glimpses of the Outside World from Communist Albania

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My Year of Reading Every Ursula K. Le Guin Novel

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My Little Drug Story: David Sanchez on (Begrudgingly) Turning to Autofiction

By David Sanchez | January 19, 2022

Watching <em>My Neighbor Totoro</em> on the Eve of My Daughters’ Omicron-Surge Return to School

Watching My Neighbor Totoro on the Eve of My Daughters’ Omicron-Surge Return to School

Anri Wheeler Muses on What It Means to Live Communally

By Anri Wheeler | January 18, 2022

Exit Wounds: On the Roots of Violence—and Its Complicated Aftermath

Exit Wounds: On the Roots of Violence—and Its Complicated Aftermath

"Fear nests within other fears, is encircled by it."

By Jonathan Gleason | January 14, 2022

Kathryn Schulz on the Interplay of Joy and Grief in Our Lives

Kathryn Schulz on the Interplay of Joy and Grief in Our Lives

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | January 13, 2022

Leigh Stein on Reading Anne Frank During Quarantine

Leigh Stein on Reading Anne Frank During Quarantine

On the Extraordinary Work of Diarists to Create Meaning from Dramatic, Quotidian Times

By Leigh Stein | January 13, 2022

A Beautiful Sadness: On the People and Places That Will Forever Haunt Us

A Beautiful Sadness: On the People and Places That Will Forever Haunt Us

Hanna Lillith Assadi Tells the Story of Her Grandmother’s Life

By Hannah Lillith Assadi | January 13, 2022

Edgar Gomez on Sex, Desire, and Going on PrEP

Edgar Gomez on Sex, Desire, and Going on PrEP

Also, Being Dubbed a "High-Risk Homosexual"

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Bridging the Gap Between My Two Cultures with Fictional Foods

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Nikki May on Dreaming of Jam Tarts as a Child in Lagos

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