How Ralph Ellison Brought the Complexity of the American Experience to Europe

How Ralph Ellison Brought the Complexity of the American Experience to Europe

Harilaos Stecopoulos on Literary Diplomacy During the Cold War

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How the Banana Came To Be—And How It Could Disappear

How the Banana Came To Be—And How It Could Disappear

Emily Monosson on the History, Evolution, and Biological Enemies of a Staple Fruit

By Emily Monosson | August 21, 2023

None of the Above: On Writing a Biracial Protagonist

None of the Above: On Writing a Biracial Protagonist

Claire Stanford Considers the Answers to Questions of Racial Representation and Identification

By Claire Stanford | August 21, 2023

David Shih on Missing His Father's Death

David Shih on Missing His Father's Death

"Although I’ve tried to own the fault entirely...I don’t think that take tells the whole story either."

By David Shih | August 21, 2023

Ancestral Structures on the Trailing Edge

Ancestral Structures on the Trailing Edge

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | August 21, 2023

Deesha Philyaw on the Loneliness of Being Online

Deesha Philyaw on the Loneliness of Being Online

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Self-Portrait in Other People's Pictures

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The Library is Open: On <em>Party Girl</em>, Budget Cuts, and the Future of Women’s Work

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Victoria Wiet on the 1995 Cult Classic, a Rallying Cry for Libraries

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Violence Against Women: Where Fact Meets Fiction

Violence Against Women: Where Fact Meets Fiction

Peace Adzo Medie on Writing and Researching Gender Violence in West Africa

By Peace Adzo Medie | August 17, 2023

Pidgeon Pagonis on the Urgency of Writing a Memoir as an Intersex Writer

Pidgeon Pagonis on the Urgency of Writing a Memoir as an Intersex Writer

Developmental Editor Kenny Porpora in Conversation with the Author of Nobody Needs to Know

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Dr. Peter Kim on How Trust Works

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