Coorie Doon: Dirda’s Year of Reading
Michael Dirda writes about reading, but do we want to read it?
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
Taking the Waters in Desert Hot Springs
For a brief time after its founding in 1941, Desert Hot Springs, California, was a boom town. Eventually, though, the boom went bust.
The Prince of Brotherhood
Lucas Mann and David Payne on the grief memoir of losing a family member young and writing as healing.
Into the Wild
"H Is for Hawk" deals with falconry, human interactions with "the wild," personal loss, and grief.
Should Ethnicity Limit What a Fiction Writer Can Write?
How can a Westerner know what it’s like to be Chinese? Where does cultural heritage end and the universal human experience begin?
A Life in Waves
William Finnegan discusses his life as a surfer, and the valuable lessons he has gained from his travels.
The Evolution of Comics From Batman to Burkas
Like their counterparts in the West, South Asians are using comics and its superhero genre to challenge cultural norms and construct alternative narratives.
Industry, Ingenuity, and Fracture: On John McPhee
Daniel solomon explores the life and various writings of John McPhee.
Old Guys Have More Fun
Jerry Stahl on fatherhood, his literary career, toxicity in everyday life, and what the odds might be for survival.
How Vivian Gornick Saved My Life: A True Story
Katherine Taylor writes about her experience with a ruptured spinal disk and Vivian Gornick's new book, "The Odd Woman in the City."
On Looking into Sherlock Holmes
The line between fiction and reality blurred almost immediately for Holmes readers.
An Individual Miracle
Those who are on the road from Auschwitz are all exceptions, just as every road from Auschwitz is an exception.
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