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Memoir
On Great Literary Loves and the Joyous, Complicated Brilliance of Walt Whitman
“The first experience of literary love tends, like the first experience of erotic love, to come in youth.”
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Mark Edmundson
| April 9, 2021
Searching for Three Generations of Secrets at a French Chateau
Stephanie Dray on the Historical Mysteries of the
Chateau de Chavaniac
By
Stephanie Dray
| April 9, 2021
Subverting the Script of the Adoption Industrial Complex
Tiana Nobile on Resisting the Erasure of Adoptees’ Stories
By
Tiana Nobile
| April 9, 2021
On Finding the Balance Between Solitude and Community at an MFA Program
For Sanjena Sathian, a Room of One’s Own Came with Roommates
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Sanjena Sathian
| April 7, 2021
Gina Frangello: The Case Against Self-Flagellation in Memoir
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Otherppl with Brad Listi
| April 7, 2021
The Joy and Privilege of Growing Up in an Indie Bookstore
Erik Hoel on His Formative Years in the Shelves of His Mother’s Bookstore, The Jabberwocky
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Erik Hoel
| April 6, 2021
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Saving and Preserving Black Community Spaces on the South Side of Chicago
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| April 6, 2021
Gina Frangello on the Anger That Smolders Behind Adultery
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Gina Frangello
| April 6, 2021
Haruki Murakami on the Year Dave Hilton Debuted for the Yakult Swallows
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Haruki Murakami
| April 5, 2021
5 Audiobooks for Celebrating the Stories of Trailblazing Women
James Tate Hill Recommends Elizabeth Blackwell,
Cicely Tyson, and More
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James Tate Hill
| April 5, 2021
The Unique Pleasures of Letter-Writing in a Era of Impulsive Interaction
Jackie Polzin on the Focused, Private Connections of
Good Correspondence
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Jackie Polzin
| April 2, 2021
The Addict as Archaeologist: Telling the Hard Stories of Family Tragedy
Steven Wingate on the Long Journey to His Latest Novel
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Steven Wingate
| April 2, 2021
7 Autobiographies and Memoirs That Remind Us of the Messiness of Memory
Whitney Otto Recommends Langston Hughes,
Gertrude Stein, and More
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Whitney Otto
| March 31, 2021
Melissa Febos on the Uses of the Word “Slut”
“Oh, was I ever a messy child. A real slut in the making.”
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Melissa Febos
| March 30, 2021
A Room of One’s Own Sounds Great... But What If You're a Mom?
Ilona Bannister on the Fantasy of Compartmentalization
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Ilona Bannister
| March 30, 2021
What It Means to Choose Whiteness
Marcos Gonsalez on Racism, Violence, and Innocence
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Marcos Gonsalez
| March 30, 2021
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