What Makes a Great First Sentence?

What Makes a Great First Sentence?

Alice McDermott on the Importance of Starting a Story with Confidence

By Alice McDermott | August 18, 2021

On Romanizing Korean Names and Writing Immigrant Stories in an Acquired Language

On Romanizing Korean Names and Writing Immigrant Stories in an Acquired Language

Yoon Choi Navigates the Complicated Path to Publication

By Yoon Choi | August 18, 2021

On Learning to Take Author Photos Remotely During the Pandemic

On Learning to Take Author Photos Remotely During the Pandemic

Beowulf Sheehan Adapts His Art to a New Normal

By Beowulf Sheehan | August 18, 2021

Deesha Philyaw on Leaving a Marriage While Writing a Short Story Collection

Deesha Philyaw on Leaving a Marriage While Writing a Short Story Collection

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | August 18, 2021

On the Lost “Lenny Bruce of Athens”

On the Lost “Lenny Bruce of Athens”

Mark Haskell Smith: In Defense of the Ancient Comedian Who Went After Aristotle

By Mark Haskell Smith | August 18, 2021

Tracing the Crisis of Desertification to Colonization

Tracing the Crisis of Desertification to Colonization

Lisa Wells on the Water Crisis in California’s Central Valley

By Lisa Wells | August 18, 2021

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Simon Kuper on the Life and Career of an Enigmatic Football Genius

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The Ugliness of Comic Sans Has a Practical Use

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Jonah Lehrer on the Easy Recall of Certain “Disfluent” Fonts

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One in a Million: Where Were You When You Heard that Aaliyah Died?

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Kathy Iandoli on the Impact of Generational Celebrity Deaths

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