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Extractor of Secrets, Discloser of Secrets: On the Complex Role of the Biographer

Extractor of Secrets, Discloser of Secrets: On the Complex Role of the Biographer

Debra Dean Considers the Therapeutic Effects of Telling Our Stories

By Debra Dean | July 1, 2021

In Praise of Famous Losers: On Kurt Cobain, Beck, and the Idols Who Mythologized a Subculture

In Praise of Famous Losers: On Kurt Cobain, Beck, and the Idols Who Mythologized a Subculture

Benjamin Villegas Remembers the Antiestablishment Allure of the 90s

By Benjamin Villegas | June 30, 2021

Thanks to the Plumber Who Slept in My Bed: How a Surprising Trespasser Inspired My First Novel

Thanks to the Plumber Who Slept in My Bed: How a Surprising Trespasser Inspired My First Novel

Beck Dorey-Stein on the Unexpected Muse Behind Rock the Boat

By Beck Dorey-Stein | June 29, 2021

How Domestic Violence Victims’ Advocacy Works in an Insular Island Community

How Domestic Violence Victims’ Advocacy Works in an Insular Island Community

Hanna Halperin on the Barriers for Victims on Martha’s Vineyard

By Hanna Halperin | June 29, 2021

Hebe Uhart: A Brief Account of the Zoos I Cannot Forget

Hebe Uhart: A Brief Account of the Zoos I Cannot Forget

On the Habits of Animals in Captivity

By Hebe Uhart | June 25, 2021

Writing My Dead Sister Through Fact and Fiction

Writing My Dead Sister Through Fact and Fiction

Brian Phillip Whalen on Finding Resolution in Storytelling

By Brian Phillip Whalen | June 25, 2021

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Learning to Write About Your Own Children

By Wayne Miller | June 24, 2021

Magnificent Obsession: On Black Humor and the Necessary Lessons I Learned as a Cartoonist

By Charles Johnson | June 24, 2021

The Gift and Curse of Being a Truth-Teller: On Receiving an Autism Diagnosis as an Adult

By Michelle Gallen | June 24, 2021

Iconic Blues Musician Bobby Rush Remembers His Rocky Relationship With James Brown

Iconic Blues Musician Bobby Rush Remembers His Rocky Relationship With James Brown

”If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”

By Bobby Rush | June 24, 2021

Sports Are Sad: On Winning and Losing (i.e. Living and Dying)

Sports Are Sad: On Winning and Losing (i.e. Living and Dying)

Emily Thomas Mani on Grief and Ephemerality

By Emily Thomas Mani | June 23, 2021

How Writing a Novel About the Evangelical Church Helped Me Grieve the Loss of My Religion

How Writing a Novel About the Evangelical Church Helped Me Grieve the Loss of My Religion

Kelsey McKinney on the Complex Feelings of Leaving the Faith

By Kelsey McKinney | June 23, 2021

Activist, Naturalist, Teenager: From the Diaries of Dara McAnulty

Activist, Naturalist, Teenager: From the Diaries of Dara McAnulty

“The feeling that I had to do something has been bottled up for years.”

By Dara McAnulty | June 21, 2021

To Mourn With No Grave: Vinh Nguyen on the Double Loss of a Father

To Mourn With No Grave: Vinh Nguyen on the Double Loss of a Father

Haunted by the Ghosts of Migration

By Vinh Nguyen | June 21, 2021

Our Family Stories Are the Bridge Between Nature <br>and Nurture

Our Family Stories Are the Bridge Between Nature
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Lauren Fox on Writing Her Mother’s History, and Passing It
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How the Legacy of Slavery Warps the World for Black Women

How the Legacy of Slavery Warps the World for Black Women

From Rebecca Hall’s Graphic Memoir Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts

By Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez | June 18, 2021

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