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Struggling toward Truth: Porochista Khakpour’s Sick
Khakpour gathers courage, again and again, as she reaches into the most painful parts of her life, excavates them, and holds them up to the light.
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Maybe the giant baobab trees dying will wake us up? (Spoiler alert: it won’t.) Elsewhere: watching the extinction of the vaquita. And you may ask yourself, what if the land and…
Make Your Choices: A Conversation with Chris Kraus
Chris Kraus discusses her latest book, After Kathy Acker: A Literary Biography, writing about art under patriarchy, politics, and “the truth.”
ENOUGH: Skeleton Key
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
Coming Clean
Intellectually, I know Gracie’s mom loves her and needs help. In practice, I just want my daughter safe.
This Week in Indie Bookstores
Indie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
What is life but a defunct Bay Area ceramics factory? How much lava has there been anyway? Taming the zombie fungus. Endangered species need sanctuary cities too. Lessons from a…
The Thread: The Masked Man
What I know and don’t know about men matters. What men know and don’t know about themselves matters more.