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When a Thriller Feels More Personal to Write Than Your Own Memoir

When a Thriller Feels More Personal to Write Than Your Own Memoir

Paula McLain Guests on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | June 10, 2021

Chasing a Waking Life: On the Pains of Being an Insomniac

Chasing a Waking Life: On the Pains of Being an Insomniac

Aminatta Forna Moves Through a Cultural and Personal History of Sleeplessness

By Aminatta Forna | June 9, 2021

“My Life is Quite Gay.” A Queer Memoir Reading List

“My Life is Quite Gay.” A Queer Memoir Reading List

John Paul Brammer on LGBTQ+ Stories That Guided
His Life and Writing

By John Paul Brammer | June 8, 2021

The Struggle with Mental Health Behind Bars

The Struggle with Mental Health Behind Bars

Quntos KunQuest on Navigating Life in Prison

By Quntos KunQuest | June 8, 2021

Traversing the Most Dangerous Region of the Coast of Norway (On a Cruise Ship)

Traversing the Most Dangerous Region of the Coast of Norway (On a Cruise Ship)

Chaney Kwak on Freelance Writing, Boredom, and Too Much Excitement

By Chaney Kwak | June 8, 2021

Audacity, Elegance, and the Vulgarity of Garlic: On My Dinner with Giorgio Armani

Audacity, Elegance, and the Vulgarity of Garlic: On My Dinner with Giorgio Armani

Alexander Lobrano Recounts an Eye-Opening Evening with the Exalted Fashion Designer

By Alexander Lobrano | June 7, 2021

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On the Cultural Figure—and Lived Reality—of the Blind Writer

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Resistance and Survival: Portraits of Black and Brown America, c. 2020

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The Existential Crisis Facing Newspapers Has Silenced Some of America’s Most Distressed Areas

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Together As We Burn: On a Complicated Maternal Bond and Intergenerational Love

Together As We Burn: On a Complicated Maternal Bond and Intergenerational Love

Ashley C. Ford Considers the Struggles of Her Mother and the Familial Ties That Bind

By Ashley C. Ford | June 3, 2021

Watch a young Flannery O’Connor teaching her chicken to walk backwards.

Watch a young Flannery O’Connor teaching her chicken to walk backwards.

By Walker Caplan | June 2, 2021

How <em>Mean Girls</em> Taught Me to Fear Lesbians and Love Pink

How Mean Girls Taught Me to Fear Lesbians and Love Pink

Grace Perry on Her High School Years, Catholicism, and the 2004 Teen Classic

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“Filthy, Funny, and Flamboyant.” How the New York of the ‘80s Spawned the Lunachicks

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“We were born weirdos, and New York offered no resistance to that.”

By The Lunachicks with Jeanne Fury | June 2, 2021

How I Kicked Insomnia and Addiction with Help from Marilyn Monroe

How I Kicked Insomnia and Addiction with Help from Marilyn Monroe

Heidi Seaborn on Sleeplessness, Ambien Dependency, and the Blessing of Unexpected Muses

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Melissa Febos on the Long-Term Effects of Having a Stalker

Melissa Febos on the Long-Term Effects of Having a Stalker

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

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Alan Cumming’s new memoir, set to publish in October, focuses on his life in Hollywood.

Alan Cumming’s new memoir, set to publish in October, focuses on his life in Hollywood.

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