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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

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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

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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."

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

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

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