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on writing

Essay

From Pro­fes­sor to Pre­tend Plumber: Learn­ing How to Write Like a Reg­u­lar Person

Stephanie Bar­bé Hammer
June 13, 2022
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What Makes an Apple?: Six Con­ver­sa­tions about Writ­ing, Love, Guilt, and Oth­er Pleasures
Amos Oz with Shira Hadad, Jessica Cohen (Translator)
Essay

‘Dead Poets Soci­ety’ and Artis­tic Expression

Adam Kirsch
May 30, 2022
Essay

Imag­i­na­tion and Espi­onage: Stock­holm Before WWII

Daniel Birn­baum
May 30, 2022
Essay

Alive and Destroyed: A Med­i­ta­tion on the Holo­caust in Time

Jason Fran­cis­co
May 16, 2022
Interview

‘Hunger for Sto­ries’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Johan­na Kaplan

Francine Klags­brun
May 13, 2022
From the Journal

Strug­gling Our Way Toward Col­lec­tive Narration

Sam Cohen
April 18, 2022
Essay

Be Patient in Judg­ment: Pirkei Avot and the Cher­nobyl Disaster

Rachel Baren­baum
April 4, 2022
Essay

Inves­ti­gat­ing ​‘The Mur­ders of Moisés Ville’

Javier Sinay
March 28, 2022
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I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writ­ing Myself Home
Jami Atten­berg
From the Journal

‘The Trag­ic Cir­cle and the Melior­ist Line’: A con­ver­sa­tion with Colum McCann and Joshua Cohen

Bec­ca Kantor
January 31, 2022
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An Espe­cial­ly Good View: Watch­ing His­to­ry Happen
Peter Osnos
Interview

Zap! Bam! Swoosh! and So Much More: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Jere­my Dauber about Amer­i­can Comics

Saman­tha Baskind
December 27, 2021
Essay

A Book Hap­pened Around Me: Writ­ing ​‘These Are the Devel­op­ments of the Human’

Ethan Daniel Davidson
December 19, 2021
Essay

Wel­come to ​‘The Vil­lage Life’

Izzy Abrahm­son
October 12, 2021
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Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture: A Very Short Introduction
Ilan Sta­vans
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