Essays Moving Power: Huck Finn, James Madison, and the Currents of History Connor Mullin - 1.10.2023 Counterfactuals are a tricky business in law and in literature. Connor Mullin - 1.10.2023
Essays The Evolving Comedy of George Saunders Alexander Sammartino - 1.5.2023 Language itself is the source and the object of Saunders's humor. Alexander Sammartino - 1.5.2023
Essays How to Bear Witness Lauren Nossett - 1.4.2023 What a gift it is to share your life with another person, and part of that gift is bearing witness. Lauren Nossett - 1.4.2023
Essays On the Gift of Longhand Henriette Lazaridis - 11.30.2022 | 2 When you write with a fountain pen, you experience writing as a truly physical activity. Henriette Lazaridis - 11.30.2022 | 2
Essays What Kind of Angel: On Percy Shelley Bryan VanDyke - 11.21.2022 Shelley saw himself as a conduit for the electricity of the universe. Bryan VanDyke - 11.21.2022
Essays A Guide to Making Art as a Parent Keri Bertino - 11.15.2022 How does one piece together an artistic practice amid motherhood? Keri Bertino - 11.15.2022
Essays How ‘Go Ask Alice’ Raised My Consciousness Elizabeth Alsop - 11.10.2022 | 1 'Go Ask Alice' was my crash course in ideology—the text that taught me texts are never neutral. Elizabeth Alsop - 11.10.2022 | 1
Essays The Original Fire: On Mary Shelley and Creativity Bryan VanDyke - 11.7.2022 | 1 Shelley chose to record her thoughts only with great care. Bryan VanDyke - 11.7.2022 | 1
Essays There’s Nothing Literary About Being Sad Mairead Small Staid - 11.2.2022 I thought happiness was not worth writing about—was not even, perhaps, worth experiencing. Mairead Small Staid - 11.2.2022
Essays When a Novel Isn’t in the Cards Kathleen Founds - 10.25.2022 If writing is a duty, it’s not a joy. And if it’s not a joy—what’s the point? Kathleen Founds - 10.25.2022
Essays Coffee, the Great Literary Stimulant Ed Simon - 10.21.2022 | 1 Alcohol helps you romanticize being a writer; coffee is what transforms you into one. Ed Simon - 10.21.2022 | 1