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Finding Home by the Water, from the Mekong Delta to Coney Island

Finding Home by the Water, from the Mekong Delta to Coney Island

Ly Tran: “Water was always everywhere. And we accepted it. We exalted it. We prayed to it.”

By Ly Tran | June 10, 2021

Personal Space: Anjali Enjeti on Reckoning with Complicity, Shame, and Power Dynamics in Memoir

Personal Space: Anjali Enjeti on Reckoning with Complicity, Shame, and Power Dynamics in Memoir

The Author of Southbound Talks to Sari Botton

By The Virtual Book Channel | June 10, 2021

Barrett Swanson on Searching for Solace and Meaning in Subcultures

Barrett Swanson on Searching for Solace and Meaning in Subcultures

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | June 10, 2021

On the Excoriating Speech Nelson Algren Delivered to College English Students

On the Excoriating Speech Nelson Algren Delivered to College English Students

Colin Asher Guests on the Big Table Podcast

By Big Table | June 10, 2021

Reading Books About... People Reading Books?

Reading Books About... People Reading Books?

Alice Jolly Recommends Biblio-Memoirs by Nina Sankovitch, Andy Miller, Jenn Shapland, and More

By Alice Jolly | June 10, 2021

What If Cities Were Built with the People Who Live There at the Center of Decision-Making?

What If Cities Were Built with the People Who Live There at the Center of Decision-Making?

Max Levine in Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | June 10, 2021

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The Unexpected Pleasures of Being a Late Bloomer, in Motherhood and Writing

By E.J. Levy | June 10, 2021

When a Thriller Feels More Personal to Write Than Your Own Memoir

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Why is every on-screen antiheroine suddenly vaping?

By Walker Caplan | June 9, 2021

Prepare your trumpets: This year's Venice Biennale is Leonora Carrington-themed.

Prepare your trumpets: This year's Venice Biennale is Leonora Carrington-themed.

By Emily Temple | June 9, 2021

Sub-literate congressman attempts to mock bestselling journalist, fails miserably.

Sub-literate congressman attempts to mock bestselling journalist, fails miserably.

By Jonny Diamond | June 9, 2021

Why Sally Rooney should be more like Dave Eggers.

Why Sally Rooney should be more like Dave Eggers.

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How Legendary Physicist Richard Feynman Helped Crack the Case on the Challenger Disaster

How Legendary Physicist Richard Feynman Helped Crack the Case on the Challenger Disaster

Kevin Cook on the Warnings NASA Ignored, With Tragic Results

By Kevin Cook | June 9, 2021

On the Etymology and Reverberating Human History of the Color Green

On the Etymology and Reverberating Human History of the Color Green

Gillian Osborne Considers Color Theory and William Blake’s “The Ecchoing Green”

By Gillian Osborne | June 9, 2021

WATCH: Hala Alyan, Te-Ping Chen, Joshua Mohr, and Thomas Grattan at the Franklin Park Reading Series

WATCH: Hala Alyan, Te-Ping Chen, Joshua Mohr, and Thomas Grattan at the Franklin Park Reading Series

Hosted by Marae Hart

By The Virtual Book Channel | June 9, 2021

On Finding a Little Spark When Your Writing’s Lost Its Heat

On Finding a Little Spark When Your Writing’s Lost Its Heat

What Ron Hogan Learned from Conan, Nanette, Mary Oliver, and More

By Ron Hogan | June 9, 2021

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