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A Marionette in the Milky Way: On Finding Your Way Into the Story You Want to Tell

A Marionette in the Milky Way: On Finding Your Way Into the Story You Want to Tell

Lindsey Drager Considers Impermanence, Finality and the Forces of the Universe in Fictional Narratives

By Lindsey Drager | August 16, 2024

Scheherazade Was a Liar, Too: How Secrets Can Fuel Creative and Personal Exploration

Scheherazade Was a Liar, Too: How Secrets Can Fuel Creative and Personal Exploration

Navid Sinaki on Finding His Voice as a Young, Queer Iranian Immigrant

By Navid Sinaki | August 13, 2024

The Decameron Reveals About Contemporary Anxiety">Boccaccio’s Modern Life: What <emThe Decameron Reveals About Contemporary Anxiety">

The Decameron Reveals About Contemporary Anxiety">Boccaccio’s Modern Life: What The Decameron Reveals About Contemporary Anxiety

Ed Simon Considers the Act of Storytelling as a Means of Preserving Our Humor and Humanity in Tumultuous Times

By Ed Simon | August 5, 2024

“Tell It To Me Singing.” On Diaspora, Community and Cuban-American Stories

“Tell It To Me Singing.” On Diaspora, Community and Cuban-American Stories

Tita Ramírez Explores the Ways Popular Idioms Can Resonate Across Generations

By Tita Ramirez | July 11, 2024

The Past is a Fairy Tale: On Remembering and Forgetting in Modern Ireland

The Past is a Fairy Tale: On Remembering and Forgetting in Modern Ireland

Clair Wills Considers the Making of Her Mother’s Family Fables

By Clair Wills | April 3, 2024

“No Nights (or Chapters) Off.” And Other Grown Up Lessons From Reading to My Kids

“No Nights (or Chapters) Off.” And Other Grown Up Lessons From Reading to My Kids

Mark Cecil on What He’s Learned From the Toughest Audience There Is

By Mark Cecil | March 26, 2024

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Memories Aren’t Enough: Why Sometimes Only Fiction Can Solve the Mysteries of Life

By Emily Schultz | January 3, 2024

Megan Kamalei Kakimoto On The Many Ways To Tell a Hawaiian Story

By Megan Kamalei Kakimoto | August 29, 2023

On Being a Writer and a Mother to Children Who Don't Love to Read

By Aimie K. Runyan | August 4, 2023

On Trying to Teach Brian Doyle’s “Leap” to the Post-9/11 Generation

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Steve Edwards Wonders If It’s Possible to Translate One Generation’s Trauma to the Next

By Steve Edwards | July 14, 2023

In Praise of the Liminal Spaces and Uncertain Endings of Folklore

In Praise of the Liminal Spaces and Uncertain Endings of Folklore

Thao Thai on the Forward Momentum and Emotional Resonance of Handed Down Stories

By Thao Thai | June 27, 2023

Hot, Cute, and a Little Bit Punk: Mina Seçkin on Exploring the World of Pokémon

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When Awe Meets Narrative: On Chasing Local Folklore at the Edge of the Ocean

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In Which Emily Urquhart Explores Villain/Helper Tropes in a Small Maritime Town

By Emily Urquhart | October 28, 2022

Harold R. Johnson on How We Tell Our Own Stories

Harold R. Johnson on How We Tell Our Own Stories

“We are the stories we are told and we are the stories we tell ourselves.”

By Harold R. Johnson | October 24, 2022

The Novels We Wrote When We Were 17: Adam Langer on High School Rumors and Storytelling

The Novels We Wrote When We Were 17: Adam Langer on High School Rumors and Storytelling

Or, How the Memories of the Past Haunt the Stories of the Present

By Adam Langer | August 4, 2022

Fleeing Cambodia: How I Was Finally Able to Tell My Own Origin Story

Fleeing Cambodia: How I Was Finally Able to Tell My Own Origin Story

Putsata Reang on Telling a Tale Passed Down By Her Mother

By Putsata Reang | May 18, 2022

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