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Lush, Reciprocal Entanglements
Manjula Martin explores the hidden costs and radical potential of humanity’s enduring hobby in Olivia Laing’s “The Garden Against Time.”
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
When a Woman Turns into a Wife
Jenessa Abrams reviews “Liars” by Sarah Manguso in the wake of Andrea Skinner’s essay about her sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather, and her mother Alice Munro’s silence.
The “Empty” Is Always Already Inhabited
Elvia Wilk interviews Jennifer Kabat about her new book, “The Eighth Moon: A Memoir of Belonging and Rebellion.”
Flying Right up to the Sun
Katya Apekina interviews Priyanka Mattoo about her memoir “Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones.”
Chronicles of Liminality
Tristan Marshall, a graduate of the foster care system, considers Rob Henderson’s “Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class.”
Eurovision in Wartime
Lina Abascal reports from the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden.
Over Time, the Spirit Moves
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore interviews Stacey D’Erasmo about “The Long Run: A Creative Inquiry.”
Mirror Images: Disabled Writers on Frida Kahlo
Jess Libow explores how disabled writers have taken up Frida Kahlo’s image and legacy.
Lyrical Silicone
Cristóbal Riego explores the hybrid nonfiction writings of Chilean author Pedro Lemebel.
It Hurts To See Them Go
Kate Sadoff reviews Jonathan Vigliotti’s “Before It’s Gone: Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small-Town America.”
The Energy to Imagine Him: On Salman Rushdie’s “Knife”
Shehryar Fazli reviews Salman Rushdie’s “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder.”
How to Read Provincially: On Sumana Roy’s “Provincials”
Sameer Pandya reviews Sumana Roy’s “Provincials: Postcards from the Peripheries.”
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