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Seeking a Connection to My Grandmother in Alice Munro’s Queer Characters

Seeking a Connection to My Grandmother in Alice Munro’s Queer Characters

B. Pietras on the Old Women and Queer Men of Munro’s Fiction

By B. Pietras | May 26, 2021

How a Pioneering Mathematician Held Her Family Together in the Wake of Her Husband's Medical Emergency

How a Pioneering Mathematician Held Her Family Together in the Wake of Her Husband's Medical Emergency

Katherine Johnson on the Diagnosis That Altered Family Life Forever

By Katherine Johnson, Joylette Hylick, and Katherine Moore | May 26, 2021

How a Sensitivity Reader Gave Me a Clearer Picture of My Grandfather

How a Sensitivity Reader Gave Me a Clearer Picture of My Grandfather

Katie Booth on the Unfortunate Legacy Alexander Graham Bell Had For Her Family

By Katie Booth | May 26, 2021

Elizabeth Miki Brina on the Painful Silences in Biracial Families

Elizabeth Miki Brina on the Painful Silences in Biracial Families

In Conversation with Sachi Argabright on the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | May 26, 2021

<em>Uncle Vanya</em> and George Clooney: Julianna Margulies Recalls the Tipping Point of Her TV Career

Uncle Vanya and George Clooney: Julianna Margulies Recalls the Tipping Point of Her TV Career

“In that moment I felt like I was playing Russian roulette.”

By Julianna Margulies | May 25, 2021

The Humor—and Grief—of the Modern-Day “Guncle”

The Humor—and Grief—of the Modern-Day “Guncle”

Steven Rowley Digs Into a Contemporary Cultural Phenomenon

By Steven Rowley | May 25, 2021

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5 Great Debut Memoirs to Listen to While You’re Traveling

By James Tate Hill | May 24, 2021

Turning Towards the Dark: Hala Alyan Explores the Psychology of Fear

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When a Year in the Life of Your Last-Chance Debut Novel Coincides with a Global Pandemic

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A Witness to the Human Experience: Why Medicine Needs Storytellers

A Witness to the Human Experience: Why Medicine Needs Storytellers

David Weill, MD, on the Journey from Medicine to Writing

By David Weill, MD | May 20, 2021

The Time I Watched Norman Mailer Try to Fight G. Gordon Liddy in the Street

The Time I Watched Norman Mailer Try to Fight G. Gordon Liddy in the Street

James Grady Remembers One Weird Night in Suburban DC

By James Grady | May 19, 2021

Swipe Right for Loneliness: On the Gamification of Dating Apps

Swipe Right for Loneliness: On the Gamification of Dating Apps

Nancy Jo Sales Considers the Perils of Instant Gratification and the Hellscape That is Tinder

By Nancy Jo Sales | May 19, 2021

Letting Go of Silence in the Wake of Miscarriage

Letting Go of Silence in the Wake of Miscarriage

Barbara Becker on Grief and Recovery

By Barbara Becker | May 19, 2021

On the Ones We Leave Behind: God and Ghosts at the Wisconsin State Fair

On the Ones We Leave Behind: God and Ghosts at the Wisconsin State Fair

“Why can’t I go a week without wondering what she might have made of the person I’ve become?”

By Barrett Swanson | May 18, 2021

“All He Wanted From Us Was Truth.” Remembering Stephen Dixon

“All He Wanted From Us Was Truth.” Remembering Stephen Dixon

Courtney Zoffness on Finding Authenticity in a Great Writer and Professor

By Courtney Zoffness | May 18, 2021

How to Be Cool: On the Societal Expectations Placed on Black Boys vs. White Boys

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Brian Broome Considers the One-Two Punch of Gender and Racial Identity

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