“When I write, I’m creating a character, and then I’m just performing that character, and typing what they say.”
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Grieving, but Calmed by a Different Kind of Storm
In isolation, Stephanie Land finds surprising relief from PTSD — and discovers she is able to write again.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Unapologetic Women
Women Are Really, Really Mad Right Now
Rebecca Traister talks about the revolutionary power of women’s anger.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Happily Never After
By protecting ourselves and no one else, we destroy ourselves along with everyone else.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
From Kyiv to Kentucky
California native Katya Cengel contemplates whether living in Ukraine prepared her for life in the South.
Posted inNonfiction
American Tests
In her quest to become truly American, Jakki Kerubo discovers what it means to belong in a place.
Posted inBooks, Profiles & Interviews, Story
How Women Survive the World: An Interview with Ingrid Rojas Contreras
To this day, when my mother is driving a car, she will only use the blinkers to indicate that she’s turning at the last second — just so that people behind her don’t know where she’s going.
Posted inArts & Culture, Profiles & Interviews
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.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
Eli Saslow on the Slow-Motion Toppling of Derek Black’s White Supremacism
Eli Saslow says the push and pull of resistance (from angry classmates) and civil discourse (with others willing to be kind to him) is what changed Derek Black.
