A Muckraker’s Progress
Seymour Hersh has been the premier American investigative reporter of the last half-century. In the late 1960s his articles helped inspire a partly successful campaign to...
How to Unlearn Everything You Learned about Writing in School
Writers, our industry has a problem: education. If you learned anything about writing in high school or college beyond grammar, you likely learned how to write...
Loving Your Parents Is a Trap
“Model Boy”by Jake Wolff Sammy Tampari lies on his stomach on the floor of the living room, pretending to read. He is eight years old, and...
8 Books That Explore What It Means to Be Biracial
I didn’t read a book with a biracial protagonist until I was in my 20s. I had lived that long feeling out of place in a...
Vivek Shraya’s “Death Threat” Turns Online Hatred Into Art
A series of cryptic and chilling emails form the foundation of Vivek Shraya’s latest book, Death Threat, a graphic novel made in collaboration with artist and...
6 Dysfunctional Literary Sisterhoods
This piece on the dysfunctional literary sisterhoods is sponsored by The Summer of Sunshine & Margot by Susan Mallery. Twin sisters Sunshine and Margot are as different...
Famous Sisters: Rebels, Rivals, and Revelry
This list of books about famous sisters is sponsored by The Summer of Sunshine & Margot by Susan Mallery. Twin sisters Sunshine and Margot are as different...
Manga Sisterhoods to Get Excited About
This list of manga sisterhoods is sponsored by The Summer of Sunshine & Margot by Susan Mallery. Twin sisters Sunshine and Margot are as different as chalk...
The Enneagram Types of the March Sisters
This piece on the Enneagram types of the March sisters is sponsored by The Summer of Sunshine & Margot by Susan Mallery. Twin sisters Sunshine and Margot...
Quiz: Which Literary Sister Pair Are You?
This literary sister quiz is sponsored by The Summer of Sunshine & Margot by Susan Mallery. Twin sisters Sunshine and Margot are as different as chalk and...
