Adam Mansbach on the Difficulty of Writing an Honest Elegy About His Brother

Adam Mansbach on the Difficulty of Writing an Honest Elegy About His Brother

Shawn Setaro in Conversation with the Author of I Had a Brother Once

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"Write as if you were dying." Read Annie Dillard’s greatest writing advice.

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Excerpts from <em>A Mother Is an Intellectual Thing</em>

Excerpts from A Mother Is an Intellectual Thing

Kimberly Grey on Chronic Pain and the Loss of the Mother

By Kimberly Grey | April 30, 2021

Tosh Berman on the Sexism of the Muse Myth

Tosh Berman on the Sexism of the Muse Myth

Introducing the Big Table Podcast

By Big Table | April 30, 2021

Looking for God in Teddy Ruxpin: Brandi Carlile on Faith and Music

Looking for God in Teddy Ruxpin: Brandi Carlile on Faith and Music

The Singer-Songwriter Remembers the Existential Dread of an 80s Childhood

By Brandi Carlile | April 29, 2021

Lil’ Kim is publishing a memoir.

Lil’ Kim is publishing a memoir.

By Walker Caplan | April 28, 2021

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Margaret Kimball on Spilling Her Family’s Secrets, with Their Reluctant Cooperation

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Misadventures in J-School: When Grad School is the Wrong Thing

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Ursula Pike on the Fine Line Between a Signifier and a Trope

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The Weight of Memory: On Motherhood and the Ghosts of Racial Violence

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Cassandra Lane Considers Family History and the Nuances of Conception Stories

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Fatima Bhutto on Channeling the Fearlessness of Malcolm X

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