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Mortality Probability

  • Mariel Murray
  • July 22, 2019
The first thing I realized while reading these tables: To be born is risky business.
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Trudging Down Death Road

  • Tega Oghenechovwen
  • July 15, 2019
Reveal yourself. Reveal yourself. You cannot be dead. Reveal yourself.
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A Very Precarious Moment: Talking with Karen Russell

  • Frances Yackel
  • July 15, 2019
Karen Russell discusses her newest collection, ORANGE WORLD AND OTHER STORIES.
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Open Letter to Our Body

  • Yoshiko Iwai
  • June 24, 2019
The only thing I can count on to be there tomorrow is my body. And yours.
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How to Name Dead Babies

  • Susanna Childress
  • June 17, 2019
Let’s not pretend first means there’s a good place to start.
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A Kind of Balm: Angel Bones by Ilyse Kusnetz

  • Barbara Berman
  • June 14, 2019
Except she isn't windless and neither are we, thanks to her.
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Writing and Making: A Conversation with Kristen Arnett

  • A. Malone
  • June 10, 2019
Kristen Arnett discusses her new novel, MOSTLY DEAD THINGS.
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Truth through Fiction: Talking with Nicole Dennis-Benn

  • Naya Clark
  • June 3, 2019
Nicole Dennis-Benn discusses her second novel, PATSY.
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Doing the Work of Empathy: A Conversation with Marin Sardy

  • Julia Goldberg
  • May 17, 2019
Marin Sardy discusses her debut memoir, THE EDGE OF EVERY DAY: SKETCHES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA.
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Voices on Addiction: Fault Lines

  • Lauren Marker
  • May 9, 2019
After, they said I was like a saint. Death changes people’s memory.
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Allowing Space: A Conversation with Chia-Chia Lin

  • Ruth LeFaive
  • May 8, 2019
Chia-Chia Lin discusses her debut novel, THE UNPASSING.
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Portals

  • Elizabeth Bevilacqua
  • May 2, 2019
Portals, as my aunt calls them, are like rings of time orbiting one another.
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