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Waiting in Darkness: My Time At Guantánamo

Waiting in Darkness: My Time At Guantánamo

Mansoor Adayfi on the Fifteen Years He Spent As Detainee #441

By Mansoor Adayfi | August 20, 2021

When the Dismissive Editor in Your Head Is Your Father

When the Dismissive Editor in Your Head Is Your Father

Jonathan Wells on Finding a Way Back to Writing on His Own Terms

By Jonathan Wells | August 20, 2021

Daniel Shapiro on Living Through a Spouse’s Terminal Illness

Daniel Shapiro on Living Through a Spouse’s Terminal Illness

In Conversation with G.P. Gottlieb on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | August 20, 2021

On Romanizing Korean Names and Writing Immigrant Stories in an Acquired Language

On Romanizing Korean Names and Writing Immigrant Stories in an Acquired Language

Yoon Choi Navigates the Complicated Path to Publication

By Yoon Choi | August 18, 2021

Deesha Philyaw on Leaving a Marriage While Writing a Short Story Collection

Deesha Philyaw on Leaving a Marriage While Writing a Short Story Collection

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | August 18, 2021

My Shadow Book: On Consciously—or Unconsciously—Immortalizing Ex-Partners in Literary Fiction

My Shadow Book: On Consciously—or Unconsciously—Immortalizing Ex-Partners in Literary Fiction

Andrew Palmer Struggles with the Idea of Creating Characters (Partly) Based on an Ex

By Andrew Palmer | August 17, 2021

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Smoking Dope and Comparing Bad Reviews: Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine Discuss the Early Days of Their Collaboration

By James Lapine | August 16, 2021

The Loneliness of the Full-Time Writer

By Mike Gayle | August 13, 2021

Marc Ribot Makes the Case for Loud Music

By Marc Ribot | August 13, 2021

Aching for the American Dream: On Writing the Delicate Stories of Immigrant and Refugee Students

Aching for the American Dream: On Writing the Delicate Stories of Immigrant and Refugee Students

Elly Fishman on What It Means to Earn the Trust of Her Teenage Subjects

By Elly Fishman | August 12, 2021

What The (Dixie) Chicks Meant to Me As a Teenager in Namibia

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Rémy Ngamije on Vaccination Scarcity and the Immigrant’s Dream of Movement

By Rémy Ngamije | August 12, 2021

How to Say Goodbye: Cecily Strong’s Eulogy For Her Beloved Cousin Owen

How to Say Goodbye: Cecily Strong’s Eulogy For Her Beloved Cousin Owen

The Saturday Night Live Cast Member Honors the Joyous Life of a Late Family Member

By Cecily Strong | August 11, 2021

Women’s Memoirs at the Intersection of Chronic Illness, Mental Illness, Addiction, and Trauma

Women’s Memoirs at the Intersection of Chronic Illness, Mental Illness, Addiction, and Trauma

Eleanor Henderson Recommends Work by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah, Sarah Manguso, and More

By Eleanor Henderson | August 11, 2021

Thereness on the Outer Banks: On Landscape in Literature

Thereness on the Outer Banks: On Landscape in Literature

Angel Khoury Considers What It Means to Evoke a Place

By Angel Khoury | August 11, 2021

What is This Music? “Drill Isn’t a Genre, It’s an Aesthetic Stance.”

What is This Music? “Drill Isn’t a Genre, It’s an Aesthetic Stance.”

Kit Mackintosh Goes Deep into the Sub-Culture of Brooklyn Drill

By Kit Mackintosh | August 11, 2021

Rebel Without a Real Cause: On Surviving the Social Hierarchies of High School

Rebel Without a Real Cause: On Surviving the Social Hierarchies of High School

Via Bleidner Considers Coming-of-Age in California and the Addictive Validation of Clout

By Via Bleidner | August 10, 2021

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