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Can You Guess These Famous Writers Based on Their Very First Author Bios?

Can You Guess These Famous Writers Based on Their Very First Author Bios?

Everyone Has to Start Somewhere

By Emily Temple | October 20, 2021

The Unsettling Sea: On Rationalizing the Drowning of the World We Inhabit

The Unsettling Sea: On Rationalizing the Drowning of the World We Inhabit

Patrick Nunn Investigates Climate Change Denial and the Truth About Our Rising Ocean Levels

By Patrick Nunn | October 20, 2021

The Painful Language of an Ultrarunner’s Body on a Sweltering Day

The Painful Language of an Ultrarunner’s Body on a Sweltering Day

J.M. Thompson Maps the Intensity and Freedom of a Very Long Mountain Run

By J.M. Thompson | October 20, 2021

How <em>Survivor</em> Uses the Threat of Hunger to Sow Chaos and Disruption

How Survivor Uses the Threat of Hunger to Sow Chaos and Disruption

Sallie Tisdale on the Manipulative Tactics of Reality TV and Tone-Deaf Food Challenges

By Sallie Tisdale | October 20, 2021

The Last-Resort Move That Made My Students Smile

The Last-Resort Move That Made My Students Smile

Frances Starn on the Story of Bringing a Bearded Dragon to Class

By Frances Starn | October 20, 2021

White Men, Land, and Literature: The Making (and Unmaking) of an American Pastoral

White Men, Land, and Literature: The Making (and Unmaking) of an American Pastoral

Brad Kessler on Settler Narratives and the Violence That Haunts American Land and Literature

By Brad Kessler | October 20, 2021

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Bad Seed Warren Ellis on the Spirituality of Music and Nina Simone’s Chewing Gum

By Thresholds | October 20, 2021

How the TV Adaptation of Alex Haley’s Roots Sparked a Cultural Awakening

By Wil Haygood | October 20, 2021

On Mismatched Emotions in a South Dakota Pandemic Classroom

By Christy Tidwell | October 20, 2021

Michael Lenox on “Decarbonizing” the Global Economy

Michael Lenox on “Decarbonizing” the Global Economy

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 20, 2021

Call and Response: On the Inextricable History of Music and Black Struggle

Call and Response: On the Inextricable History of Music and Black Struggle

“The lineage of protest music has continued into the age of Black Lives Matter.”

By Veronica Chambers and Jennifer Harlan | October 20, 2021

On Finding the Book That Returns You to Your Body

On Finding the Book That Returns You to Your Body

Dodie Bellamy Reads Paula Modersohn-Becker

By Dodie Bellamy | October 20, 2021

Myisha Cherry on Anger as a Tool for Defeating Racism

Myisha Cherry on Anger as a Tool for Defeating Racism

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Writing Through Trauma, Past and Present: On the Legacies of Catholic Ireland

Writing Through Trauma, Past and Present: On the Legacies of Catholic Ireland

Elaine Feeney Considers the Emotional Journey to Her Novel, As You Were

By Elaine Feeney | October 20, 2021

Three-time nominated Lucy Caldwell has won this year's BBC National Short Story Award.

Three-time nominated Lucy Caldwell has won this year's BBC National Short Story Award.

By Snigdha Koirala | October 19, 2021

<em>The Believer</em> magazine will stop publishing after its spring 2022 issue.

The Believer magazine will stop publishing after its spring 2022 issue.

By Emily Temple | October 19, 2021

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