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Constructing Blackness: Reading My Identity in Maryse Condé’s “Segu”

Constructing Blackness: Reading My Identity in Maryse Condé’s “Segu”

Mia Fowler on Traveling to Ghana and Making Sense of Herself

By Mia Fowler | March 24, 2025

The Two Times You Meet the Devil: On Chance Encounters With the Everyday Strange

The Two Times You Meet the Devil: On Chance Encounters With the Everyday Strange

A. Kendra Greene: “The more I think about it, the more I wonder how many times we have met... and the devil has said nothing.”

By A. Kendra Greene | March 21, 2025

On Writing the Hospital

On Writing the Hospital

Madeleine Wulfahrt Considers “Small Rain” and the Future of Post-Pandemic Literature of Illness

By Madeleine Wulfahrt | March 20, 2025

What the Work of Literary Production Reveals About the Resonance of History

What the Work of Literary Production Reveals About the Resonance of History

Stuart Nadler: “The work is everything, and the work is heartbreaking.”

By Stuart Nadler | March 19, 2025

To Run With Music is to Encounter Yourself With Every Step

To Run With Music is to Encounter Yourself With Every Step

Ben Ratliff on the Power of Life With a Soundtrack

By Ben Ratliff | March 17, 2025

“My First Porno, My First Dildo, My First Love.” On José Donoso’s <em>The Mysterious Disappearance of the Marquise of Loria</em>

“My First Porno, My First Dildo, My First Love.” On José Donoso’s The Mysterious Disappearance of the Marquise of Loria

Gabriela Wiener Considers a Beloved, Life-Changing Book

By Gabriela Wiener | March 17, 2025

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How Visions of Freediving Helped Diane Mehta Finish Her Novel

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By Maris Kreizman | March 13, 2025

When an (Extremely Prolific) Author Shares Your Name

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You Cannot Go to Your Country: Victoria Amelina on the Start of War in Ukraine

You Cannot Go to Your Country: Victoria Amelina on the Start of War in Ukraine

From Her Unfinished Book, “Looking at Women Looking at War”

By Victoria Amelina | March 6, 2025

Unweaving the Web: On Creating Your Own Narrative of Illness and Health

Unweaving the Web: On Creating Your Own Narrative of Illness and Health

Sophie Strand Explores the Limitations of Traditional Ideas About Disease, Trauma and Healing

By Sophie Strand | March 6, 2025

A War Zone Pediatrician on What Comes After the Horrors of a Gaza Emergency Room

A War Zone Pediatrician on What Comes After the Horrors of a Gaza Emergency Room

Dr. Seema Jilani Reckons with the Hypocrisy of Western Liberal Institutions

By Seema Jilani | March 5, 2025

How Loneliness and Companionship Can Impact a Writer’s Creative Life

How Loneliness and Companionship Can Impact a Writer’s Creative Life

Emily Hodgson Anderson: “What I realized in retrospect was how this personal trajectory... is one I live through, in microcosm, every time I write.”

By Emily Hodgson Anderson | March 5, 2025

The Cords That Bind: On the Elusiveness of Solitude in Motherhood

The Cords That Bind: On the Elusiveness of Solitude in Motherhood

Nicole Graev Lipson Reflects on Thoreau, the Self, and the Frenzy of Parenting

By Nicole Graev Lipson | March 5, 2025

Patchworks of Memory: Quilting Remembrance and Healing

Patchworks of Memory: Quilting Remembrance and Healing

Lisa Gail Collins on the Creative Traditions of a Black Farming Community in Alabama

By Lisa Gail Collins | March 5, 2025

A Small Press Book We Love: </br><em>Braiding Sweetgrass</em> by Robin Wall Kimmerer

A Small Press Book We Love:
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

By Jonny Diamond | March 4, 2025

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