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Mary Gaitskill on Borrowing From Real Life in Writing (and the Dreams That Guided Her)

Mary Gaitskill on Borrowing From Real Life in Writing (and the Dreams That Guided Her)

How the Author of Veronica Tries to Honor the World

By Mary Gaitskill | October 22, 2021

Finding My Voice Through the Rage of Punk Music

Finding My Voice Through the Rage of Punk Music

Amy Lee Lillard on the Acceptance and Creativity-Instilling Energy of the Punk Scene

By Amy Lee Lillard | October 22, 2021

Who Really Has the Authority to Write About the Pandemic?

Who Really Has the Authority to Write About the Pandemic?

Selina Mahmood on Making Space for Contradictions in Medicine

By Selina Mahmood | October 22, 2021

Shadow City, Invisible City: Walking Through an Ever-Changing Kabul

Shadow City, Invisible City: Walking Through an Ever-Changing Kabul

Taran Khan on Life in an Uncertain Afghanistan

By Taran Khan | October 21, 2021

TaraShea Nesbit on Reckoning With Ghosts, and Returning to the Same Story, Again and Again

TaraShea Nesbit on Reckoning With Ghosts, and Returning to the Same Story, Again and Again

“There is a backward-looking thing in all good stories and essays: a haunting.”

By TaraShea Nesbit | October 21, 2021

Rethinking Preschool in a Pandemic Teacher Shortage

Rethinking Preschool in a Pandemic Teacher Shortage

Dayneé Alejandra Rosales on Supporting Educators

By Dayneé Alejandra Rosales | October 21, 2021

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The Painful Language of an Ultrarunner’s Body on a Sweltering Day

By J.M. Thompson | October 20, 2021

The Last-Resort Move That Made My Students Smile

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White Men, Land, and Literature: The Making (and Unmaking) of an American Pastoral

By Brad Kessler | October 20, 2021

Writing Through Trauma, Past and Present: On the Legacies of Catholic Ireland

Writing Through Trauma, Past and Present: On the Legacies of Catholic Ireland

Elaine Feeney Considers the Emotional Journey to Her Novel, As You Were

By Elaine Feeney | October 20, 2021

How One Unexpected Phone Call Led to the Rescue of the Last Diving Horse in America

How One Unexpected Phone Call Led to the Rescue of the Last Diving Horse in America

Cynthia A. Branigan Remembers Her Time Working for Author and Activist Cleveland Amory

By Cynthia A. Branigan | October 19, 2021

Seeking Solace in <em>Go Ask Alice</em> as a Queer Teen

Seeking Solace in Go Ask Alice as a Queer Teen

Nathan Smith Finds Hints of Hope in a Literary Hoax

By Nathan Smith | October 19, 2021

Making Students Feel Seen in the Era of Masking

Making Students Feel Seen in the Era of Masking

Kozbi Simmons on Finding Ways to Connect

By Kozbi Simmons | October 19, 2021

Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx on Discovering Hard Rock in the Middle of Idaho

Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx on Discovering Hard Rock in the Middle of Idaho

“Until Kiss and Alice Cooper came along, music had been getting softer and softer.”

By Nikki Sixx | October 19, 2021

Writing from Home: Lessons from a Novelist-Slash-Small-Town Newspaper Columnist

Writing from Home: Lessons from a Novelist-Slash-Small-Town Newspaper Columnist

Nickolas Butler on Writing as an Act of Service and the Power of Local News

By Nickolas Butler | October 18, 2021

On Dr. Eduard Bloch, Hitler’s Family Physician (Who Happened to Be Jewish)

On Dr. Eduard Bloch, Hitler’s Family Physician (Who Happened to Be Jewish)

Meriel Schindler Traces Family Lore and the Unusual Correspondence Between Hitler and Bloch

By Meriel Schindler | October 18, 2021

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