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Words with Fangs: Finding Myself in Julia Alvarez’s <em>How the García Girls Lost Their Accents</em>

Words with Fangs: Finding Myself in Julia Alvarez’s How the García Girls Lost Their Accents

Elizabeth Acevedo on the Lasting Legacy and Importance of a Transformative Novel

By Elizabeth Acevedo | December 14, 2021

Why We Need New Vocabulary to Describe the Ending of the Grief That Comes After Loss

Why We Need New Vocabulary to Describe the Ending of the Grief That Comes After Loss

Pauline Boss on Trauma and Why We Need to Rethink the Concept of Closure

By Pauline Boss | December 14, 2021

What Happens When I Don’t Understand My Own Novel?

What Happens When I Don’t Understand My Own Novel?

Bonnie Friedman on Taking Clues From Your Own Manuscript

By Bonnie Friedman | December 13, 2021

“The Wines Tasted Alive.” Visiting an Icon of Natural Winemaking in Slovenia

“The Wines Tasted Alive.” Visiting an Icon of Natural Winemaking in Slovenia

Rachel Signer on an Afternoon with Saša Radikon

By Rachel Signer | December 13, 2021

On Telling the Story of Injustice Through Memoir

On Telling the Story of Injustice Through Memoir

Michelle Bowdler and Kenny Fries in Conversation

By Literary Hub | December 13, 2021

The New Outliers: How Creative Nonfiction Became a Legitimate, Serious Genre

The New Outliers: How Creative Nonfiction Became a Legitimate, Serious Genre

Lee Gutkind on the Birth and Surprising History of a Different Type of Narrative Form

By Lee Gutkind | December 13, 2021

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On the Fleeting Wonder of Youth and the Surreal Permanence of Motherhood

By Mira Ptacin | December 9, 2021

Sonia Manzano on Finding Her Way to Sesame Street

By Sonia Manzano | December 8, 2021

Of Fathers, Sons, and Unthinking Insults

By Obed Silva | December 8, 2021

The Scapegoat: Siri Hustvedt on the Torture and Murder of Sylvia Likens

The Scapegoat: Siri Hustvedt on the Torture and Murder of Sylvia Likens

“Every myth explains too much, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t truths to be found in the story.”

By Siri Hustvedt | December 7, 2021

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2021

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2021

Featuring Tom Stoppard, Michelle Zauner, Mike Nichols, D. H. Lawrence, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and more

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Jude Brewer Performs His Short Story “Buzzy”

Jude Brewer Performs His Short Story “Buzzy”

On Storybound, Our Radio-Theater Podcast

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Eulogy for a Visionary: On the Grim Narrative Introspection of Charles Bowden

Eulogy for a Visionary: On the Grim Narrative Introspection of Charles Bowden

Leath Tonino Considers His Brief Correspondence with the Author of Murder City

By Leath Tonino | December 3, 2021

Emma Straub on Opening Her Bookstore, Books Are Magic

Emma Straub on Opening Her Bookstore, Books Are Magic

The Novelist and Bookseller Looks Back at a Transformative Experience

By Emma Straub | December 2, 2021

The Ironic Twist of Age: What It’s Like to Keep Writing at 91

The Ironic Twist of Age: What It’s Like to Keep Writing at 91

Hilma Wolitzer on Finding Creative Drive Later in Life

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How Watching British Reality TV Helped Me Finish My Novel

How Watching British Reality TV Helped Me Finish My Novel

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