When Your OCD Therapy is Also a Treatment for Writers’ Block

When Your OCD Therapy is Also a Treatment for Writers’ Block

Elissa Bassist on Learning to Lean in to the Fear of Writing Like an Idiot

By Elissa Bassist | September 16, 2022

Learning the Culture of Blame as a Child at the State Welfare Office

Learning the Culture of Blame as a Child at the State Welfare Office

David Ambroz on the Hunger, Red Tape, and Unspoken Rules That Accompany Childhood Poverty

By David Ambroz | September 16, 2022

Fictionalizing the Stories of Two Women Who Fought to Save Jewish Children in World War II-Era Europe

Fictionalizing the Stories of Two Women Who Fought to Save Jewish Children in World War II-Era Europe

Kristin Beck on the Women Who Inspired Her Novel

By Kristin Beck | September 16, 2022

Here's the longlist for the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

Here's the longlist for the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

By Emily Temple | September 15, 2022

Here's the shortlist for the 2022 BBC National Short Story Award.

Here's the shortlist for the 2022 BBC National Short Story Award.

By Emily Temple | September 15, 2022

LeVar Burton says people who ban books are

LeVar Burton says people who ban books are "dirtbags."

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Here's the longlist for the 2022 National Book Award in Poetry.

By Emily Temple | September 15, 2022

How Goethe’s Sorrows of Young Werther Led to a Rare Suicide Cluster

By Dr. Nicholas Kardaras | September 15, 2022

On the Political Weaponization of Words: From “Miscegenation” to “Groomer”

On the Political Weaponization of Words: From “Miscegenation” to “Groomer”

Bruce Handy Explores the Hoax Behind an Early Case of American Fearmongering

By Bruce Handy | September 15, 2022

Why Smarter People Might Be More Prone to Irrational Biases

Why Smarter People Might Be More Prone to Irrational Biases

Woo-kyoung Ahn on the Link Between High Levels of Analytical Reasoning Skills and Biased Interpretations

By Woo-kyoung Ahn | September 15, 2022

Read the Winners of <em>American Short Fiction</em>’s 2022 Insider Prize, Selected by Lauren Hough

Read the Winners of American Short Fiction’s 2022 Insider Prize, Selected by Lauren Hough

Memoir by Michael John Wiese; Fiction by David Antares

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Rachel Aviv: Why It’s Difficult to Trust Your Own Experiences of Mental Illness

Rachel Aviv: Why It’s Difficult to Trust Your Own Experiences of Mental Illness

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | September 15, 2022

On Malcolm Lowry’s Yearslong, Fruitless Attempt to Adapt Fitzgerald’s <em>Tender Is the Night</em> for Film

On Malcolm Lowry’s Yearslong, Fruitless Attempt to Adapt Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night for Film

Michael Melgaard on the 455-Page Screenplay That Never Was

By Michael Melgaard | September 15, 2022

The True Stories of the Women on the Front Lines of America’s Fledgling Intelligence Services

The True Stories of the Women on the Front Lines of America’s Fledgling Intelligence Services

Nathalia Holt on the Early Wise Gals

By Nathalia Holt | September 15, 2022

The Liberating and Sexual Potential of Gender Nonconformity, circa 1611

The Liberating and Sexual Potential of Gender Nonconformity, circa 1611

Kit Heyam on the Exploits and Influence of Moll Cutpurse

By Dr. Kit Heyam | September 15, 2022

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