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Lessons from a Life: Alexander Chee’s How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
[T]he effect of reading Chee’s essays is to be reminded of why we write, but also, why we read, even in these times of never-ending distress.
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Everything is still very very terrible but maybe you just want to look at hooved animals in water? Jelani Cobb on Starbucks and the issue of white space. Maybe the…
What Is Vibrant and Hidden: A Conversation with Jenny Boully
Jenny Boully discusses her new book, Betwixt-and-Between: Essays on the Writing Life, construction of voice, occupying liminal spaces, and editing with sincerity.
ENOUGH: Clara, Too
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
The Abattoir
This is what my mother doesn’t want me to see: the death rattle in a forbidden room. This is what she doesn’t want me to know: how one life is sacrificed for another to live.
Notable Philadelphia: 5/29-6/4
Literary events and readings in and around Philadelphia this week!
This Week in Indie Bookstores
A weekly roundup of indie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
So this is how the world ends, with a parrot operating Alexa. So you want to name an animal in German. Thrones! What is life but a Chinese trinket town? Here…
Mixed Feelings: Your Divorce Won’t Ruin Your Kids
Marriage is one way of housing love. But there are a hundred other houses—sometimes you just have to build them yourself.
Having a Female Orgasm During the Trump Administration
"I am wondering if politics affect your sex life."