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3 Ways to Become a Better Reader

3 Ways to Become a Better Reader

Hwang Bo-Reum on Little Ways to Cultivate Your Reading (and Writing) Life

By Hwang Bo-Reum | December 3, 2025

Hannah Kauders on Grief, Translation, and Fátima Vélez’s <em>Galápagos</em>

Hannah Kauders on Grief, Translation, and Fátima Vélez’s Galápagos

“In death, all things are possible. It’s up to each of us to decide.”

By Hannah Kauders | December 3, 2025

Remembering Tom Stoppard, the thinker’s playwright.

Remembering Tom Stoppard, the thinker’s playwright.

By Brittany Allen | December 1, 2025

Progressive Except for Palestine: On Growing Up in Bari Weiss’s “Urban Shtetl”

Progressive Except for Palestine: On Growing Up in Bari Weiss’s “Urban Shtetl”

Laura Kraftowitz Examines the Fault Lines and False Choices of Liberal Judaism

By Laura Kraftowitz | December 1, 2025

Creating New Tongues: On Language as Adaptation and Resistance

Creating New Tongues: On Language as Adaptation and Resistance

Maria B. Olujic Considers the Role of Neologisms and Idioms in Croatia’s Linguistic Landscape

By Maria B. Olujic | November 24, 2025

On the Many—and Contradictory—Histories of Mt. Rushmore

On the Many—and Contradictory—Histories of Mt. Rushmore

Matthew Davis Explores the Contested Meanings Behind a Famous American Monument

By Matthew Davis | November 21, 2025

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On the Writer of Erotic Harry Potter Fan Fiction Who Messaged Me First

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Open Your Mouth and Sing: Frode Grytten on Becoming a Writer and Growing Up in Norway

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A Day of Fragile Hope: On Gaza’s First Moments of Ceasefire

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Hani Qarmoot: ”The ceasefire was more than a political announcement; it was a reclaiming of humanity.”

By Hani Qarmout | November 13, 2025

Why Film and Literature Fear Telling The Truth About Losing a Parent

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Writing While Becoming Two: How Motherhood Influenced My Debut Novel

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The Publishing Industry Gambled on Me... and Lost

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Maria Kuznetsova on Making Peace with Her Debut’s Failure to Launch

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Philip Weinstein Explores Philosophical and Literary Approaches to the End of Life

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“It Was Home...” On Friends, Flatshares and Creating Fiction

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