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When Israel Was Socialist
A memoir from Rachel Biale raises unanswered questions about Israel.
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
Slow Apocalypse
John Hay reviews Mark O’Connell’s “Notes from an Apocalypse.”
An Editor’s Arc: A Conversation with David Hamilton
Harilaos Stecopoulos talks to writer David Hamilton about how he writes essays and the future of literary magazines.
Reckoning with the Shadow Side of Life: A Conversation with Lynn Casteel Harper
Lynn Casteel Harper reimagines the end of life.
“Why Are You Pissed!”: On Cathy Park Hong’s “Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning”
Cassie Packard considers “Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning” by Cathy Park Hong.
The Queer Time of Paul Lisicky’s Provincetown
Michael Valinsky on Paul Lisicky’s new memoir of his life in Provincetown during the peak of the HIV/AIDS crisis.
A Fate Worse Than Gravity: A Conversation with Ellen O’Connell Whittet
A new memoir about the dangers of dance and love in the age of #MeToo.
Struggles and Joys in the World: A Conversation with Kimberly M. Zieselman
Edgar Gomez talks to Kimberly M. Zieselman about her new memoir, "XOXY."
Memory Voids: A Conversation with Elizabeth Kadetsky on “The Memory Eaters”
Rachel Cantor talks with Elizabeth Kadetsky about her new book, “The Memory Eaters.”
Embraced with One Arm, Pushed Away with the Other: On Laila Lalami’s “Conditional Citizens”
Maggie Levantovskaya considers “Conditional Citizens,” the new essay collection from Laila Lalami.
Seeing Together: Care, Community, and Connection in Jeff Sharlet’s “This Brilliant Darkness: A Book of Strangers”
Michael Washburn is transformed by his encounter with “This Brilliant Darkness: A Book of Strangers” by Jeff Sharlet.
The Language of Self-Discovery: On Jessica J. Lee’s “Two Trees Make a Forest”
An environmental memoir about Taiwan, family, and language.
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