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Crafting from of a Creator's Rib: Nicola Dinan on Writing Characters Based on Herself

Crafting from of a Creator's Rib: Nicola Dinan on Writing Characters Based on Herself

The Author of "Disappoint Me" Reflects on Readers Seeing Her and Themselves in Fiction's Mirror

By Nicola Dinan | May 27, 2025

Whose Community Is It Anyway?

Whose Community Is It Anyway?

Casey Plett on how Politicians, Media, and Corporations Co-Opt Language

By Casey Plett | November 7, 2023

Diana Goetsch on How Elena Ferrante and Milan Kundera Helped Her Write a Memoir

Diana Goetsch on How Elena Ferrante and Milan Kundera Helped Her Write a Memoir

This Body I Wore on Trans Identity and Making Nonfiction Read Like Fiction">The Author of This Body I Wore on Trans Identity and Making Nonfiction Read Like Fiction

By Diana Goetsch | June 26, 2023

Why I Wrote My Memoir, a Letter to My Transgender Daughter, Under a Pen Name

Why I Wrote My Memoir, a Letter to My Transgender Daughter, Under a Pen Name

“The protective force field is, in the end, imaginary.”

By Carolyn Hays | September 6, 2022

Pageboy, will be published next year."> Elliot Page's memoir, <em

Elliot Page's memoir, <em

Pageboy, will be published next year.">

Pageboy, will be published next year.">Elliot Page's memoir, Pageboy, will be published next year.

By Dan Sheehan | February 18, 2022

A Utah school district says a book about a transgender boy is

A Utah school district says a book about a transgender boy is "inappropriate," and we have questions.

By Vanessa Willoughby | February 12, 2021

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