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In Praise of the Domestic Sensualist: Laurie Colwin at 80

In Praise of the Domestic Sensualist: Laurie Colwin at 80

Mia Manzulli on the Perennial Allure of Colwin's Worlds

By Mia Manzulli | June 14, 2024

Finding Radical Potential in Nigella Lawson’s Food

Finding Radical Potential in Nigella Lawson’s Food

Rebecca May Johnson on the Power of an Overt Claim to Pleasure

By Rebecca May Johnson | June 7, 2023

How Two Pieces of Art 50 Years Apart Helped Me Hate Cooking a Little Bit Less

How Two Pieces of Art 50 Years Apart Helped Me Hate Cooking a Little Bit Less

Semiotics of the Kitchen and Lessons in Chemistry">Rosalynn Tyo on Semiotics of the Kitchen and Lessons in Chemistry

By Rosalynn Tyo | March 23, 2023

“I’d Read Her Grocery Lists.” On Cooking with Sylvia Plath

“I’d Read Her Grocery Lists.” On Cooking with Sylvia Plath

Eliza Dumais Navigates the Intersection of the Domestic and the Literary

By Eliza Dumais | October 27, 2022

A Game of Cutouts: On Norah Lange’s Unconventional Narrative Experimentation

A Game of Cutouts: On Norah Lange’s Unconventional Narrative Experimentation

Notes from a Childhood and the Role of Perspective">Charlotte Whittle Considers Notes from a Childhood and the Role of Perspective

By Charlotte Whittle | May 5, 2021

The Work of Home: Cleaning, Writing, and Communing with Ghosts

The Work of Home: Cleaning, Writing, and Communing with Ghosts

Laura Cronk Explores How the Pandemic Has Shaped the Meaning of Domesticity

By Laura Cronk | February 5, 2021

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How Domesticity is at the Heart of the Novel

How Domesticity is at the Heart of the Novel

On What It Is to Write About Everyday Life

By Tessa Hadley | January 16, 2019

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Linnea Hartsuyker on Growing Up in a House Where "Princess" was an Insult

By Linnea Hartsuyker | August 10, 2017

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Helen Ellis in Conversation with Sarah Hall

By Helen Ellis | July 25, 2017

The Witches of Suburbia

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Good Witches Get Domesticated; Wicked Witches Are Made an Example

By Willem De Blécourt | April 14, 2017

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Revisiting Grace Metalious's Notorious Novel 60 Years Later

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