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The Habit of Interestedness: On Eva Brann’s “Pursuits of Happiness”
Peggy Ellsberg reviews Eva Brann’s “Pursuits of Happiness: On Being Interested.”
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
Failure Is Infinite
Stephen Akey discusses aspiring writers and the myth of “failure.”
A Second, Silent Language: A Conversation with Jon Fosse
Remo Verdickt and Emiel Roothooft speak with Norwegian author Jon Fosse about his novel collection “Septology I-VII.”
A Diary Is a Place for Dreaming: A Conversation with Amina Cain
Natalie Dunn speaks with Amina Cain about her new book “A Horse at Night: On Writing.”
Fettuccine and Forgiveness
Erica Heller on coming to forgive her novelist father, Joseph, for their “fractious, doomed, exhausting relationship.”
The Psychedelic Genesis of the Doors: A Conversation with Robby Krieger
James Penner speaks with Robby Krieger, the guitarist for the Doors.
Breaking and Remaking the Trans Memoir: On Cecilia Gentili’s “Faltas”
Hugh Ryan reviews Cecilia Gentili’s searing new memoir, “Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist.”
Hurt Just the Right Way: A Conversation with Emi Nietfeld
Natasia Pelowski speaks with Emi Nietfeld about her new memoir, “Acceptance.”
The Tang of Herded Men, and Their Smell: On the Centennial Edition of E. E. Cummings’s “The Enormous Room”
Benjamin Shull reviews a new edition of E. E. Cummings’s “The Enormous Room.”
Write Stuff: A Conversation with Kavita Das
Anjali Enjeti talks with Kavita Das about her new essay collection, “Craft and Conscience: How to Write About Social Issues.”
Absolute Sovereignty: On Constance Debré’s “Love Me Tender”
Gracie Hadland reviews Constance Debré’s “Love Me Tender.”
Memento Mori: On Lauren Haldeman’s “Team Photograph”
Lee Thomas takes a look at Lauren Haldeman’s experimental graphic novel “Team Photograph.”
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