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Dani Shapiro on the Fifteen Year Journey of <em>Signal Fires</em>

Dani Shapiro on the Fifteen Year Journey of Signal Fires

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | November 4, 2022

How to Go Home: On Resisting a Very English Hero’s Journey

How to Go Home: On Resisting a Very English Hero’s Journey

Ellie Robins Considers the Dangers of the Monomyth

By Ellie Robins | November 3, 2022

Navigating Life with Misophonia: “For the Past Ten Years I Have Lived Inside Music.”

Navigating Life with Misophonia: “For the Past Ten Years I Have Lived Inside Music.”

Sussie Anie on Finding Connection in Stories

By Sussie Anie | November 3, 2022

<em>I’ve Got It!</em> Judy Blume Tells the Story of Her First Period

I’ve Got It! Judy Blume Tells the Story of Her First Period

The Author of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Recalls the Confusion and Joy Around the Rite of Passage

By Judy Blume | November 2, 2022

Accumulated Memory: Ken Burns on the Intersection of Individual Intimacy and National Narrative

Accumulated Memory: Ken Burns on the Intersection of Individual Intimacy and National Narrative

“Rhymes of race, freedom, innovation, politics, war, leadership, prejudice, art, and scandal recur vividly and insistently.”

By Ken Burns | November 2, 2022

“WE NEED MORE OINTMENT.” The Exquisite Banality of Married Texting

“WE NEED MORE OINTMENT.” The Exquisite Banality of Married Texting

Jason Gay on the Evolution of Human Communication

By Jason Gay | November 2, 2022

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By So Many Damn Books | November 1, 2022

A Shed of One’s Own: Louise Kennedy on the Blissful Semi-Solitude of Her Backyard Writing Space

By Louise Kennedy | November 1, 2022

Master of Ceremonies: Melissa Holbrook Pierson Remembers Peter Schjeldahl

Master of Ceremonies: Melissa Holbrook Pierson Remembers Peter Schjeldahl

“It could not be big, loud, fiery, or dangerous enough to suit him.”

By Melissa Holbrook Pierson | November 1, 2022

Where Cocktail Hour Never Ends: On Jamaica, Tourism, and the Remnants of Empire

Where Cocktail Hour Never Ends: On Jamaica, Tourism, and the Remnants of Empire

Dionne Irving on Being a Foreigner in Her Ancestral Home

By Dionne Irving | November 1, 2022

Manuel Muñoz on Trying and Failing to Tell The Story of His Biological Father

Manuel Muñoz on Trying and Failing to Tell The Story of His Biological Father

“Everyone asked me how I felt, but the mystery was how he had felt.”

By Manuel Muñoz | November 1, 2022

Finding Black Queer Life Between the Lines of History

Finding Black Queer Life Between the Lines of History

Suzette Mayr on Her Search for the Sleeping Car Porter

By Suzette Mayr | November 1, 2022

“A Ghost Is a Memory.” On Bodies, Belief, and the Places Ghost Stories Live

“A Ghost Is a Memory.” On Bodies, Belief, and the Places Ghost Stories Live

GennaRose Nethercott Tells the Story of a Long Night in an Old House

By GennaRose Nethercott | October 31, 2022

“Giacometti Slept with the Lights On...” And Other Encounters with Mid-Century Art Stars

“Giacometti Slept with the Lights On...” And Other Encounters with Mid-Century Art Stars

Barbara Chase-Riboud Has Some Stories to Tell

By Barbara Chase-Riboud | October 31, 2022

How to Come to Terms With Troubling Ancestors

How to Come to Terms With Troubling Ancestors

Maud Newton in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 31, 2022

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