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"

By Edgar Gomez | January 13, 2022

Bridging the Gap Between My Two Cultures with Fictional Foods

Bridging the Gap Between My Two Cultures with Fictional Foods

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

By Nikki May | January 12, 2022

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Life and Death Among the Vanished in the Himalayas’ Parvati Valley

By Harley Rustad | January 11, 2022

The Creative Power of Rage: On Fictionalizing the Lives of Righteously Violent Historical Women

By Gwen E. Kirby | January 11, 2022

The Disorientation and Relief of Owning My Submissiveness

By Rachel Krantz | January 10, 2022

My Hundred-Year-Old Boyfriend: On Hermann Hesse’s <em>Siddhartha</em>

My Hundred-Year-Old Boyfriend: On Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha

Andre Bagoo Looks Back on Some Very Earthly Attachments

By Andre Bagoo | January 10, 2022

The 6 Self-Help Books That Changed My Life

The 6 Self-Help Books That Changed My Life

Radhika Sanghani Recommends Uplifting Reads

By Radhika Sanghani | January 10, 2022

Dissolving Genre: Toward Finding New Ways to Write About the World

Dissolving Genre: Toward Finding New Ways to Write About the World

Ingrid Horrocks on Reimagining the Relationship Between the Human and the Non-Human

By Ingrid Horrocks | January 6, 2022

Brooklyn Is Where the Heart Is: On Leaving Home to Write About It

Brooklyn Is Where the Heart Is: On Leaving Home to Write About It

Xochitl Gonzalez Considers the Power of Memory in Creating Literary Detail

By Xochitl Gonzalez | January 6, 2022

My Year of Yes: On Falling in Love with Competitive Tennis at Age 41

My Year of Yes: On Falling in Love with Competitive Tennis at Age 41

Scarlett Thomas Considers Her Newfound Passion for the Sport

By Scarlett Thomas | January 6, 2022

Learning, Practice, and Repetition: Why the Act of Writing Is Work

Learning, Practice, and Repetition: Why the Act of Writing Is Work

Jessie Greengrass on the Intersection of Muse and Routine

By Jessie Greengrass | January 5, 2022

Crossing the Distance Between Fact and Truth in a Story About Love and Exile

Crossing the Distance Between Fact and Truth in a Story About Love and Exile

Yara Zgheib on Writing a Truthful Fiction About—and Amid—a Travel Ban

By Yara Zgheib | January 4, 2022

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