I Stole My Neighbors’ Tragedy To Write a Short Story
The stakes are higher when we mine someone else’s grief for art
The stakes are higher when we mine someone else’s grief for art
In composing a tale of what could be, I’m narrating a portion of what actually is
Set in Juárez, “Perpetual West” by Mesha Maren follows an American couple, both concealing their secret, most authentic selves
Marya Hornbacher’s “Wasted” introduced me to the importance of bodily autonomy when I needed it most
Zaina Arafat, author of "You Exist Too Much," on love addiction
"Make It Scream, Make It Burn" looks for the messy truths underpinning ordinary lives
The psychoanalyst has influenced literature for a century, but in the hands of these authors, his ideas are transformed
Because it’s high time for all-American to mean all-inclusive
The story of Eve and the story of my eating disorder are the same story
Joan Jacobs Brumberg’s “Fasting Girls” let me intellectualize what I was doing to my body