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Robert M. Pirsig on the Book He Wrote (And the One He Didn’t)

Robert M. Pirsig on the Book He Wrote (And the One He Didn’t)

“Gradually, I began to discover that I was on to more than I had thought.”

By Robert M. Pirsig and Wendy K. Pirsig | April 29, 2022

Taking the “Ick” Out of “Sick Lit.” A Reading List

Taking the “Ick” Out of “Sick Lit.” A Reading List

Lillie Lainoff on Representing Chronic Illness in Literature

By Lillie Lainoff | April 29, 2022

How to Write a Pain Book

How to Write a Pain Book

For Lisa Levy Illness Is Easy, Pain Is Hard

By Lisa Levy | April 28, 2022

What It’s Like to Take the Stage at the New York City Ballet

What It’s Like to Take the Stage at the New York City Ballet

Toni Bentley on Working with George Balanchine

By Toni Bentley | April 28, 2022

Translating the Magical Imperfection of Oral Tradition to the Page

Translating the Magical Imperfection of Oral Tradition to the Page

Vaishnavi Patel on Finding Inspiration from the Ramayana

By Vaishnavi Patel | April 28, 2022

How Word Puzzles Tickle the Brain and Satisfy the Soul

How Word Puzzles Tickle the Brain and Satisfy the Soul

A.J. Jacobs on the Joy of Playing With Words

By A.J. Jacobs | April 27, 2022

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“I Know You Understand.” A Letter Across Time from Celia Paul to Fellow Artist Gwen John

“I Know You Understand.” A Letter Across Time from Celia Paul to Fellow Artist Gwen John

"Please help me, Gwen, to work my way through these feelings of panic and fear.”

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Writing a Novel About a Half-Remembered Place, with the Help of Google Street View

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Soon Wiley on Virtually Strolling the Streets of Seoul

By Soon Wiley | April 26, 2022

“Complete Attention to Two Things at Once.” On the Women Who Rewrote the Motherhood Plot

“Complete Attention to Two Things at Once.” On the Women Who Rewrote the Motherhood Plot

Julie Phillips Considers the Groundbreaking British Mother-Writers of the 1960s, from A.S. Byatt to Lorna Sage

By Julie Phillips | April 26, 2022

On the Disappearing of Joan Vollmer Burroughs

On the Disappearing of Joan Vollmer Burroughs

Katie Bennett Measures the Emotional Toll of Writing a Feminist Recovery Story

By Katie Bennett | April 25, 2022

Lost: Joanna Kavenna on Walking the Grande Randonnée

Lost: Joanna Kavenna on Walking the Grande Randonnée

Life, Death, and Sheep in the South of France

By Joanna Kavenna | April 25, 2022

Yoko Tawada Captures the Unique Joys of Having an Uncategorizable Identity

Yoko Tawada Captures the Unique Joys of Having an Uncategorizable Identity

Yurina Yoshikawa on Scattered All Over the Earth and the Experience of Losing a Mother Tongue

By Yurina Yoshikawa | April 25, 2022

The Whiplash of Growing Up Between Two Worlds

The Whiplash of Growing Up Between Two Worlds

Anais Granofsky on Code-Switching and Family Expectations

By Anais Granofsky | April 25, 2022

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