In A VERY SPECIAL EPISODE, Camille Acker satirizes a television era that offered the illusion of middle class safety while masking systemic harm
The author of EXIT PARTY on being discovered from slush, embracing the mess of a first draft, and putting herself in her novels
Naima Coster discusses friendship at the fragile intersections of postpartum identity, class disparity, and maternal grief
KITTEN author Stacey Yu on emotional transference, post-grad naïveté, and the human-animal relationships that shape us
The Booker Prize-winning author on reading his way through writer's block, and why every sentence has to risk going too far
In Nyla Matuk's LEILA AND KHALED, romantic love is underscored by a longing for Palestine
In THE NEW PEOPLE, Andrea Uptmor explores economic hardship, queer belonging, and the uneasy feeling that no home is truly yours
Valeria Luiselli on the sounds of Sicily, the borders we never see, and writing her novel BEGINNING MIDDLE END twice
Alexa Yasemin Brahme, Sonia Feldman, and Vincent Yu on crafting their first novels out of a “what if”
FAMOUS MEN author Julie Buntin on power imbalances, the legacy of #MeToo, and internalizing stories that aren't yours
LIVING, TOGETHER editor Samantha Paige Rosen and contributors discuss the tenderness and connection that emerge through sharing space with others
THE SUMMER OF THE SERPENT author Cecilia Eudave and translator Robin Myers discuss the ordinary cruelties that shape a society
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