From the Ashes of Failure: On Cary Grant, Crop Dusters, and Character Arcs

From the Ashes of Failure: On Cary Grant, Crop Dusters, and Character Arcs

Meg Shaffer Considers How Hitchcock Needed North by Northwest to Be a Hit

By Meg Shaffer | June 1, 2023

From a Toxic Set of Norms: Maureen Ryan on Why We Ought to <em>Burn It Down</em>

From a Toxic Set of Norms: Maureen Ryan on Why We Ought to Burn It Down

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | June 1, 2023

Stephanie Kramer Offers an Empowered Approach to Navigating Pregnancy and Work

Stephanie Kramer Offers an Empowered Approach to Navigating Pregnancy and Work

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 1, 2023

Hope and Survival: Jeff Hobbs on the Juvenile Justice System

Hope and Survival: Jeff Hobbs on the Juvenile Justice System

In Conversation with Roxanne Coady on Just the Right Book

By Just the Right Book | June 1, 2023

David Blake Explains Why He Is Cautiously Optimistic About the Impact of AI on Both Publishing and Storytelling

David Blake Explains Why He Is Cautiously Optimistic About the Impact of AI on Both Publishing and Storytelling

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 1, 2023

David Samson on Making Tribes and Tribalism Work in the 21st century

David Samson on Making Tribes and Tribalism Work in the 21st century

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 1, 2023

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The Ethics of Writing Hard Things in Family Memoir

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How to Brainwash Yourself: Grace Lavery on the Devices of Trans Identity in Literature

How to Brainwash Yourself: Grace Lavery on the Devices of Trans Identity in Literature

“George Eliot was, unquestionably, a trans author.”

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Part of Our World: On the Mermaids of Walt Disney, Hans Christian Andersen, and W.B. Yeats

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Gabrielle Bellot: “The mermaid is the Other; she is also us.”

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Why David Sedaris Still Keeps His Daily Diary

Why David Sedaris Still Keeps His Daily Diary

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

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The 12 Best Book Covers of May

The 12 Best Book Covers of May

The Sun is Shining

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A Place of Both Solitude and Belonging: In Praise of the Park Bench

A Place of Both Solitude and Belonging: In Praise of the Park Bench

Edwin Heathcote Considers This “Most Archetypal” Piece of Furniture

By Edwin Heathcote | May 31, 2023

Elise Loehnen on Why Women Should Indulge Their Sinful Sides

Elise Loehnen on Why Women Should Indulge Their Sinful Sides

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