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“Making It” in America: Vanessa Hua Addresses the Myth of the Model Minority

“Making It” in America: Vanessa Hua Addresses the Myth of the Model Minority

“Critiques of late-stage capitalism don’t address how people of color get pitted against each other.”

By Vanessa Hua | August 8, 2022

Tarek Abi Samra on Stealing Kant From a Bookstore

Tarek Abi Samra on Stealing Kant From a Bookstore

“It appealed to me because it was the perfect encapsulation of an image of myself I was consciously trying to fashion.”

By Tarek Abi Samra, translated by Lina Mounzer | August 8, 2022

Will McGrath on Traveling Through Rural Maine With Young Children

Will McGrath on Traveling Through Rural Maine With Young Children

“I marveled at how much older they’d grown since we first entered this place.”

By Will McGrath | August 8, 2022

When Stories Aren’t Enough: How Do You Write About the War in Ukraine?

When Stories Aren’t Enough: How Do You Write About the War in Ukraine?

Katya Cengel on the Struggle to Find Meaning in Journalism

By Katya Cengel | August 8, 2022

Dollars, Cents, and Being Left With the Bill: Jillian Medoff on Breaking Up With Her Literary Agent

Dollars, Cents, and Being Left With the Bill: Jillian Medoff on Breaking Up With Her Literary Agent

“Business isn’t emotional, but people are.”

By Jillian Medoff | August 5, 2022

When Your Mother is a Hoarder: On the Pain of Loosening My Grip on a Family Secret

When Your Mother is a Hoarder: On the Pain of Loosening My Grip on a Family Secret

Emi Nietfeld Recalls the Difficult First Meeting Between Her Fiancé’s Family and Her Mother

By Emi Nietfeld | August 5, 2022

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Meet-Cute: Susan Coll on Falling In Love with (and at) a Bookstore

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If You Want to Ruin Bookstores for Yourself, Become a Writer

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Jana Casale on Browsing Bookstores Before AND AFTER Debuting as a Novelist

By Jana Casale | August 3, 2022

Michelle Tea on Crossing the Threshold from Ambivalence to Wanting a Baby

Michelle Tea on Crossing the Threshold from Ambivalence to Wanting a Baby

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

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Lynne Tillman on the Awe-Inducing Experience of Witnessing Her Mother Die

Lynne Tillman on the Awe-Inducing Experience of Witnessing Her Mother Die

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | August 3, 2022

Michelle Tea on Undertaking the Wild Art Project of Motherhood

Michelle Tea on Undertaking the Wild Art Project of Motherhood

“It seemed like having a kid was the only adventure I hadn’t undertaken.”

By Michelle Tea | August 2, 2022

Visiting Mariah Carey’s Cat’s Grave: Reflections on Disenfranchised Grief

Visiting Mariah Carey’s Cat’s Grave: Reflections on Disenfranchised Grief

E.B. Bartels on the Particular Sorrow of Losing a Pet

By E.B. Bartels | August 2, 2022

Anxiety and Responsibility: What Stories Can Come From Our Current Moment?

Anxiety and Responsibility: What Stories Can Come From Our Current Moment?

Clare Pollard on the Urgency of Writing About Now

By Clare Pollard | August 2, 2022

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