poetry
No, I Can’t Yoga My Way Out of Bipolar Disorder
"diagnosis" and "etymology," two poems by Maui Smith
May 31 - Maui Smith
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I Thought This Memoir Wasn’t “Taiwanese Enough”—Because That Was My Fear About Myself
My instinctive reaction to Jessica J. Lee's "Two Trees Make a Forest" helped me understand fault lines in my own sense of national identity
Jun 1 - Yi Shun Lai
books
7 Books About Faith and Feminism
Monica West, author of "Revival Season," recommends books about women who grapple with—or reject and replace—patriarchal religion
Jun 1 - Monica West
Reading Lists
No, I Can’t Yoga My Way Out of Bipolar Disorder
"diagnosis" and "etymology," two poems by Maui Smith
May 31 - Maui Smith
poetry
7 Novels that Subvert Social Norms
A. Natasha Joukovsky, author of "The Portrait of a Mirror," recommends books that resist the pressure to conform
May 31 - A. Natasha Joukovsky
Reading Lists
10 Stories About Hunger and Hustle in the Restaurant Industry
Karen Tucker, author of "Bewilderness," on the good and the ugly of working in food service
May 28 - Karen Tucker
Reading Lists
Fans on Twitter Are Creating a New Kind of Story You’ve Never Seen Before
These elaborate multimedia fanfictions are more intimate than traditional works—and they've acquired their own enthusiastic communities
May 28 - Vivian Lam
culture
Hanif Abdurraqib Celebrates Black Performance and Black Joy in “A Little Devil in America”
The author on the generation-spanning power of a Soul Train line
May 27 - Leah Johnson
Interviews
8 Books That Love Reality TV as Much as You Do
Novels about fictionalized reality TV premises, and cultural analysis of the shows we can’t stop watching
May 27 - Alexandria Juarez
Reading Lists
The Book Club of My Dreams Was at the Library All Along
When private clubs shut me out, I found the reading community I was looking for at the public library
May 27 - Christina Simon
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