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Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? On <em>Notes to John</em> and the Selling of Didion’s Privacy

Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? On Notes to John and the Selling of Didion’s Privacy

Evelyn McDonnell Considers the Questions Answered—and Raised—by the Book

By Evelyn McDonnell | June 5, 2025

How a Young Sylvia Plath Found Her Literary Voice Through Diary Keeping

How a Young Sylvia Plath Found Her Literary Voice Through Diary Keeping

Carl Rollyson on the Teenage Years of One of America's Most Famous Female Poets

By Carl Rollyson | November 19, 2024

Portal to a Forgotten Land: Finding Your Character’s Voice In Old Diaries

Portal to a Forgotten Land: Finding Your Character’s Voice In Old Diaries

Tyler Wetherall on Channeling Her Memories of Girlhood Through Fiction

By Tyler Wetherall | October 23, 2024

Don’t Look Back: Diary of a Life in Gaza

Don’t Look Back: Diary of a Life in Gaza

Nahil Mohana on the Toll of Living with Endless Displacement and Fear

By Nahil Mohana | September 4, 2024

Escaping Genocide: <br>Diary of a Life in Gaza

Escaping Genocide:
Diary of a Life in Gaza

Nahil Mohana on Staying Alive During Israel’s Attacks on Palestine

By Nahil Mohana | August 27, 2024

Helen Fielding on <em>Bridget Jones</em> and the Subtle Art of Diary Keeping

Helen Fielding on Bridget Jones and the Subtle Art of Diary Keeping

Considering the Place of the Confessional Narrative in the Literary Landscape on the Book's 25th Anniversary

By Helen Fielding | June 26, 2024

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Against Journaling: Dennis Tang on the Joys of Not Writing It All Down

By Dennis Tang | April 11, 2024

“D,” an Alphabetical Prose Experiment by Sheila Heti

By Sheila Heti | February 6, 2024

A Fearless, Free, Literary Space: On Writers' Diaries

By Isabella Trimboli | September 6, 2023

Actual writers shocked to learn that “writing can make you healthier.”

Actual writers shocked to learn that “writing can make you healthier.”

By Jonny Diamond | April 24, 2023

The Sanctity of a Journal: On Private Writing in the Age of Public Content

The Sanctity of a Journal: On Private Writing in the Age of Public Content

“What stories do we owe each other—ourselves?”

By Rachel Schwartzmann | January 6, 2023

Just Passing Through: On Milton Gendel’s Seven-Decade Roman Holiday

Just Passing Through: On Milton Gendel’s Seven-Decade Roman Holiday

Cullen Murphy Shares the Writer’s Interactions with Josephine Baker, Gore Vidal, Princess Margaret and More

By Cullen Murphy | November 21, 2022

What I Write in My Journal is Just for Me (It is Not My Memoir)

What I Write in My Journal is Just for Me (It is Not My Memoir)

Jeanna Kadlec on Writing, Memory, and Trusting Yourself

By Jeanna Kadlec | October 28, 2022

From Mary Churchill’s Diary: An Intimate Glimpse of World War II

From Mary Churchill’s Diary: An Intimate Glimpse of World War II

“Glory Hallelujah!! A delicious poke in the snoot for Hitler.”

By Mary Churchill | June 10, 2022

Seeking Solace in <em>Go Ask Alice</em> as a Queer Teen

Seeking Solace in Go Ask Alice as a Queer Teen

Nathan Smith Finds Hints of Hope in a Literary Hoax

By Nathan Smith | October 19, 2021

Activist, Naturalist, Teenager: From the Diaries of Dara McAnulty

Activist, Naturalist, Teenager: From the Diaries of Dara McAnulty

“The feeling that I had to do something has been bottled up for years.”

By Dara McAnulty | June 21, 2021

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