Readings

Fighting for diversity in a genre mostly known for angry white men.

Remembering Frederick Exley’s Frank Gifford and Frederick Exley’s Frederick Exley.

The most privileged among us take the history of their family names for granted. For many, we're lucky to find a foothold even in fiction.

After moving to Canada from Kathmandu, the last thing I wanted was the claustrophobia of an immigrant enclave. Then came the earthquake.

The author of We Believe the Children on the 1984 McMartin Preschool sexual abuse case, the history of moral panic, and why we prioritize certain types of abuse.

Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro's comic series is set in a wholly unrecognizable dystopian universe in which women are punished for being themselves. (Wait a second...)

Salvador Dali writes like he paints and paints like he writes; he is lyrical in his natural settings, and deeply symbolic. If only his diaries were all available in translation.

I was excited to exist as a non-religious writer, free of the idea that my words might “save” someone. Which is why I was surprised when, recently, I realized I was acting like a religious person.

Inspired by real-life events.