“All you needed to do,” Springsteen says, “was to risk being your true self.” We ignore our demons at our peril.
Profiles & Interviews
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‘I Really Hope a Lot of Men Read It’: Sohaila Abdulali on How We Talk About Rape
Sohaila Abdulali wants us to pay attention to what we’ve been missing when we talk about rape, meaning everything from how we fail to address rape as a global crisis to how survivors experience PTSD at the dentist.
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Living to Create: Talking Music and Writing With Drummer Emily Rose Epstein
Musician Emily Rose Epstein talks about her dual life as a rock drummer and writer.
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Beyond “Rumble”: Talking with John O’Connor About the Other Link Wray
Journalist John O’Connor talks about writing his epic Oxford American magazine feature on musician Link Wray.
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The City I Love Is Destroying Itself
Nicole Antebi interviews historian David Dorado Romo about the fight to preserve the oldest barrio in El Paso from the City itself.
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The City I Love Is Destroying Itself
Nicole Antebi interviews historian David Dorado Romo about the fight to preserve the oldest barrio in El Paso from the City itself.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, History, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
Karina Longworth on the Women Caught in Howard Hughes’ Hollywood Web of Gossip
Howard Hughes used gossip, spies and money to control Hollywood’s women for nearly 60 years. Karina Longworth critically examines the Golden Age’s gossip to stop his false narratives from becoming our history.
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Celebrating a Profound Literary Inheritance: Glory Edim on the Well-Read Black Girl Anthology
Glory Edim talks about editing her new anthology, the push for equity in publishing, and how black women writers have written themselves into spaces that neglect or ignore them.
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The Resplendent Photography of Carrie Mae Weems
Carrie Mae Weems may be our best contemporary photographer.
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Elena Ferrante and the “My Brilliant Friend” Adaptation for HBO
Merve Emre interviews Elena Ferrante about an upcoming HBO adaptation of her novel, “My Brilliant Friend.”