
The Biography of an Ex-Chinese Man
From my great-grandfather to "Black Like Me" to Jessica Krug, what it means to perform race for a white audience
Colson Whitehead's 2011 zombie novel argues for taking off your rose-colored glasses and stomping them to bits
All it took was one tell-all to destroy the Order of the Pug
After a torrent of "best books of the year" lists, please join me by the empty shelf
A book about mid-20th century Christmas shows how little has changed in this season of tradition and hope
Holiday party for one? Make this recipe from the Tables of Contents cookbook and eat the whole thing
Writing fiction has a lot in common with my day job—sound designer for blockbuster films
Dolores Reyes's magical realist fiction "Eartheater" sheds light on an all-too-real epidemic of femicide
My reaction to the end of HBO series "The Undoing" made me realize how harshly we judge women in pain
From antifa Gritty to Four Seasons Total Landscaping, Philly has been at the center of national news—here's what that meant for writers