Toward a Syllabus for Modern Grieving

Toward a Syllabus for Modern Grieving

From Yaa Gyasi to Joan Silber Beth Kissileff Finds Consolation in Reading

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Writing a Fictionalized Apocalypse Does Not Prepare You For a Real One

Writing a Fictionalized Apocalypse Does Not Prepare You For a Real One

Geoff Rodkey on Accepting the Realities of Civilization-Ending Calamity

By Geoff Rodkey | July 23, 2021

Translating at the Blurred Edge of Memoir and Fiction

Translating at the Blurred Edge of Memoir and Fiction

K.E. Semmel on Mathilde Walter Clark’s Lone Star

By K. E. Semmel | July 23, 2021

Zadie Smith on Reading While You Write

Zadie Smith on Reading While You Write

How Writers Speak to One Another Across Time and Space

By Zadie Smith | July 23, 2021

Reckoning with Family Legacies at an Ohio Drive-Thru Liquor Store

Reckoning with Family Legacies at an Ohio Drive-Thru Liquor Store

Athena Dixon on the Long Reach of Addiction

By Athena Dixon | July 23, 2021

Ross King on the Man Who Changed Bookselling

Ross King on the Man Who Changed Bookselling

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | July 23, 2021

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When Your Therapist Needs a Therapist

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Adam Stern on Battling the Internal Biases that Block Counseling

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Ben Rhodes on the Crisis of Democracy

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In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | July 22, 2021

The Heteronymous Identities of Fernando Pessoa

The Heteronymous Identities of Fernando Pessoa

Richard Zenith on the Many Literary Lives of the Genius of Lisbon

By Richard Zenith | July 22, 2021

Native Comedian Adrianne Chalepah Against Pandering to White Audiences

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How American Textbooks Misrepresent the Collective Struggle for Racial Justice

How American Textbooks Misrepresent the Collective Struggle for Racial Justice

On the Colonialism of Contemporary Education

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