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When Predator Becomes Prey: Why Sharks Need Protection From Humans

When Predator Becomes Prey: Why Sharks Need Protection From Humans

Greg Skomal and Ret Talbot on America's Cultural Obsession With the Great White Shark

By Greg Skomal and Ret Talbot | July 26, 2023

Time Travel Stories That Explore What It Means To Be Human

Time Travel Stories That Explore What It Means To Be Human

Holly Smale Recommends Kate Atkinson, Octavia Butler, and More

By Holly Smale | July 21, 2023

Lupine Cryptids, Tornado Alleys, and Sulfuric Demons: Lillian Stone on Her Complicated Relationship With Her Ozark Roots

Lupine Cryptids, Tornado Alleys, and Sulfuric Demons: Lillian Stone on Her Complicated Relationship With Her Ozark Roots

“I felt like a werewolf—hiding from prying eyes, not wanting anyone to see me transform.”

By Lillian Stone | July 19, 2023

How the 9/11 Attacks Sparked a Never-Ending Wave of Gentrification

How the 9/11 Attacks Sparked a Never-Ending Wave of Gentrification

Jesse Rifkin on the Lost World of New York City Nightlife

By Jesse Rifkin | July 13, 2023

Pride and Prejuduce">Wherever You Go, There You Are: On Setting and Society in <emPride and Prejuduce">

Pride and Prejuduce">Wherever You Go, There You Are: On Setting and Society in Pride and Prejuduce

C.K. Chau Considers the Impact of Place in Jane Austen’s Classic

By C.K. Chau | July 11, 2023

Beyond Tropes: On Writing Straight Characters While Queer

Beyond Tropes: On Writing Straight Characters While Queer

Molly Dektar Explores the Art of Crafting an Ambiguous Narrative

By Molly Dektar | July 10, 2023

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Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: Life Under Occupation in WWII

By Bryn Turnbull | June 30, 2023

Gentrification’s Constant Gardener: Natalie Beach on Finding Herself in South Brooklyn’s Gardens

By Natalie Beach | June 29, 2023

A rare Maurice Sendak story will be published next year.

By Janet Manley | June 22, 2023

On Learning How to Live From Ralph Waldo Emerson

On Learning How to Live From Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Self-hating, dishonest, twisted stories diminish our lives and prevent us from knowing who we are.”

By Mark Matousek | June 22, 2023

Mirinae Lee on Learning How to Write About War

Mirinae Lee on Learning How to Write About War

"However painful it is to hear such stories, it is much more difficult for the wounded to share them."

By Mirinae Lee | June 16, 2023

From Servant to Sidekick: The “Black Friend,” Then and Now

From Servant to Sidekick: The “Black Friend,” Then and Now

Aisha Harris Reflects on Racial Representation in Popular Culture

By Aisha Harris | June 15, 2023

Anne of Green Gables">Logan Steiner on Learning Life Lessons From <emAnne of Green Gables">

Anne of Green Gables">Logan Steiner on Learning Life Lessons From Anne of Green Gables

“Anne continues to help me see how much more possibility exists in the world for unbridled expression.”

By Logan Steiner | June 2, 2023

From This Day Backward: Avery Carpenter Forrey on Social Media and Memory

From This Day Backward: Avery Carpenter Forrey on Social Media and Memory

“If we can access memories with our thumbs, why bother accurately searing them into our brains?”

By Avery Carpenter Forrey | May 23, 2023

The Raw and the Refined: On the Origins and Making of Peru Balsam

The Raw and the Refined: On the Origins and Making of Peru Balsam

Perfumer Dominique Roques Journeys to the Heart of Scent Production in Central America

By Dominique Roques | May 22, 2023

Big Two-Hearted River">The Power of the Unsaid: John N. Maclean on Ernest Hemingway’s <emBig Two-Hearted River">

Big Two-Hearted River">The Power of the Unsaid: John N. Maclean on Ernest Hemingway’s Big Two-Hearted River

“The burned landscape and the desolate swamp in that case could stand for a writer’s creative unconscious.”

By John N. Maclean | May 11, 2023

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