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Almost Home

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 6, 2021March 5, 2026

Pete Candler reflects on growing up in the South, legacy, and a place rooted in white supremacy.

Arts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

When Music Speaks to Our Experience

by Aaron Gilbreath March 4, 2019March 5, 2026

Anton Webern’s Concerto, Opus 24 had the structure that was missing from one young musician’s life.

Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes

Finding Time to Write Even During the Busiest of Times

by Sari Botton August 20, 2018March 5, 2026

How Jami Attenberg helped form a supportive online literary community with #1000WordsofSummer.

Arts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Quotes

I Paid $710 to Sneak Into This Club

by michelleweber July 20, 2018March 5, 2026

We wear slogan tees to signal our politics and identify ourselves to like-minded thinkers — but maybe they mask more than they reveal.

Essays & Criticism, History, Quotes

In the End, It’s All Just the Stories We Tell

by michelleweber May 17, 2018March 5, 2026

Diana Arterian’s sad, lyrical essay on the legacy of the Armenian Genocide in the diaspora centers on a family story that everyone has heard — but that no one knows the truth of.

Arts & Culture, Quotes

The Rising Seas Are Coming From Inside the House

by michelleweber August 29, 2017March 5, 2026

On Game of Thrones and climate change: “Every city in the world is built on wildfire.”

The Fantasy of an Enemy

by michelleweber August 29, 2017March 5, 2026

“It’s still raining in Houston, and Game of Thrones is not a show about climate change, not really, because it’s possible to win The Game of Thrones.”

Books, Reading List

The Tender, Wild Realm of Children’s Literature: A Reading List

by Emily Perper May 30, 2017March 5, 2026

The plot of the book came to me as I was falling asleep: two girls share a bedroom, and squabble until they have no choice but to divide their room in half. Only one girl has access to the bedroom door. The other has the closet, which turns out to be an elevator. Suddenly, I was […]