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Why Absolute Truth is Still Worth Pursuing In a Narrative-Driven World

Why Absolute Truth is Still Worth Pursuing In a Narrative-Driven World

Jay Nicorvo on Separating Fact From Perception While Writing a True Crime Memoir

By Jay Nicorvo | January 27, 2025

Landscapes of Pain: On Exploring the Intersections of Physical and Historical Trauma in South Africa

Landscapes of Pain: On Exploring the Intersections of Physical and Historical Trauma in South Africa

Gabeba Baderoon Considers the Ways We Do and Do Not Confront Personal and Collective Violence

By Gabeba Baderoon | January 10, 2025

Trauma, Transfigured: Pascha Sotolongo on Loneliness, Latin American Lit, and the Fantastic in Fiction and Life

Trauma, Transfigured: Pascha Sotolongo on Loneliness, Latin American Lit, and the Fantastic in Fiction and Life

Joy Castro in Conversation with the Author of “The Only Sound Is the Wind”

By Joy Castro | October 1, 2024

Ghosts, Seen Darkly: Richard Flanagan on Visiting the Site of a Japanese Prison Camp

Ghosts, Seen Darkly: Richard Flanagan on Visiting the Site of a Japanese Prison Camp

The Author of “Question 7” Remembers His Father’s Imprisonment at Ohama Camp

By Richard Flanagan | September 16, 2024

Rejecting Denial and Embracing Sorrow: On Writing the Story of a Husband’s Suicide

Rejecting Denial and Embracing Sorrow: On Writing the Story of a Husband’s Suicide

Alexandra Marshall Explores the Tension Between the Diverging Demands of Fiction and Memoir

By Alexandra Marshall | August 27, 2024

The Hard Art of Seeing Your Own Writing Through Rose-Colored Glasses

The Hard Art of Seeing Your Own Writing Through Rose-Colored Glasses

Mira Ptacin on Transforming One’s Inner Critic

By Mira Ptacin | July 22, 2024

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By Jonny Diamond | July 12, 2024

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Beauty in Discomfort: In Defense of the Trauma Narrative

Beauty in Discomfort: In Defense of the Trauma Narrative

Emily Usher on the Enduring Importance of Writing About Pain

By Emily Usher | June 28, 2024

Duty of Care: Tomas Moniz on Trauma, Healing and Houseplants

Duty of Care: Tomas Moniz on Trauma, Healing and Houseplants

“I discovered something different through the trauma. We learn to grieve by grieving.”

By Tomas Moniz | June 12, 2024

Literary Catharsis: Jenna Tang on Translating Lin Yi-Han’s Only Novel, <em>Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise</em>

Literary Catharsis: Jenna Tang on Translating Lin Yi-Han’s Only Novel, Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise

On Taiwanese Literature, Trauma, and Redefining "Home"

By Jenna Tang | May 30, 2024

Lost and Found: KB Brookins on Masculinity, Gender and Trauma

Lost and Found: KB Brookins on Masculinity, Gender and Trauma

"I was a girl in the imagination of others and nowhere else."

By KB Brookins | May 29, 2024

Lolita is Nabokov: On the Parallel Histories of the Writer and His Most Famous Character

Lolita is Nabokov: On the Parallel Histories of the Writer and His Most Famous Character

Monika Zgustova Explores Childhood Sexual Abuse and Its Aftermath, On and Off the Page

By Monika Zgustova | May 10, 2024

Real People, Real Pain: On the Ethics of Telling True Stories of Trauma

Real People, Real Pain: On the Ethics of Telling True Stories of Trauma

Philip Eil Considers the Potentially Sensitive Nature of Book Promotion

By Philip Eil | April 10, 2024

Fictionalizing Real Trauma as a Means of Healing

Fictionalizing Real Trauma as a Means of Healing

“The psychic burden would’ve been too great if I’d written the story as memoir.”

By Chris Cander | February 2, 2024

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