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Standing Tall: On the Value and Importance of Women Who Take Up Space

Standing Tall: On the Value and Importance of Women Who Take Up Space

Jane Smiley in Conversation with Susan Swan, Author of “Big Girls Don’t Cry”

By Jane Smiley | June 20, 2025

Mrs. Dalloway to High Schoolers in 2025">What a Plunge! Teaching <emMrs. Dalloway to High Schoolers in 2025">

Mrs. Dalloway to High Schoolers in 2025">What a Plunge! Teaching Mrs. Dalloway to High Schoolers in 2025

Mia Manzulli Considers Clarissa in the Age of AI and Fractured Attention

By Mia Manzulli | May 14, 2025

On Being a Poor Black Punk and Working at the Strand Bookstore

On Being a Poor Black Punk and Working at the Strand Bookstore

Patrick Dougher Shares a Post-Punk NYC Bildungsroman

By Patrick Dougher | May 9, 2025

“Indian Hockey Kicks Ass.” On Finding Meaning in Another Nation’s Pastime

“Indian Hockey Kicks Ass.” On Finding Meaning in Another Nation’s Pastime

Kyle Edwards on Writing Fiction Inspired by the Struggles and Hopes of Canada’s Indigenous Nations

By Kyle Edwards | April 21, 2025

Five Novels About Coming of Age When You’re Old Enough to Know Better

Five Novels About Coming of Age When You’re Old Enough to Know Better

Emily Everett Recommends Louise Kennedy, Raven Leilani, Rowan Beaird, and More

By Emily Everett | April 18, 2025

James Ivory Tells His 1940s Queer Coming-of-Age Story

James Ivory Tells His 1940s Queer Coming-of-Age Story

Looking Back on an Adolescence Spent in Sunny Southern California

By James Ivory | October 21, 2024

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Consent and Power: On Age Gaps in the Context of Queer Relationships

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Francine Prose on the Unfinished Sexual Revolution of the 1970s

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What a Young John Muir Learned In the Wisconsin Wilderness

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Revisiting the Radical Presence of Diane di Prima

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Liesl Schwabe on the Work and Legacy of the San Francisco Beat Poet

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On Book Hoarding and the Perilous Paradox of Clutter

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Vanessa Ogle Remembers Growing Up Among... Stuff

By Vanessa Ogle | January 29, 2024

The Power of Passivity: On Choosing to Do Nothing

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Maura Lammers Considers the Role of Inaction in Fiction and in Real Life

By Maura Lammers | December 13, 2023

Finding Hope, Meaning, and Purpose in a Jenny Zhang Story

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Channler Twyman on the Fragility of Belonging to Someone Else

By Channler Twyman | December 8, 2023

Extreme Ithacans: James Elkins on the Joy of Immersion in a Place

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Remembrances of a Childhood Spent in Exploration

By James Elkins | November 15, 2023

Creating From Chaos: On Life During and After Art School

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McKenzie Wark Writes a Letter to Her Younger Self

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