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The Archeology of A Bookshelf
What is worth preserving? Carston Anderson embarks on a journey to answer the question while he clears out a floor-to-ceiling bookshelf in the English…
Triggered, Anyone? Writing Memoir in the Age of Epstein
Author and teacher Victoria Costello explores how this cultural moment is changing the way we write memoir and autofiction - maybe for the better
Travel Tips for Canadians Hoping to Avoid Invasion (at Home and Away)
Going on a Caribbean vacation? There's a lot more to worry about than sunburns and pick-pockets. Yes, this is a work of satire.
 • Leah Eichler
Elsewhere
In this work of creative nonfiction, Jeffrey-Michael Kane explores an abandoned apartment and the artifacts we leave behind.
A Love Letter to All Women (and Men)
A cautionary tale about heart disease in women and listening to your gut
 • Rita Jane Gabbett
Boo!
Growing up in an old farmhouse with ghosts. Short nonfiction by Janie Gabbett
How to Triumph with Only One Shoe
I’m a piano geek. Book nerd. Medieval music freak. I never dreamed I’d spend a week in Eugene, Oregon, at the Olympic track and field trials. But here I…
Artificial Intelligence and the world’s “Oppenheimer Moment”
Will AI be a force for good or an existential threat? By Bernd Debusmann
Frieze
What happens when three people touch momentarily on a sidewalk in Florida? They are fused into one being for the briefest of moments. Creative…
 • Bubba Henson
Love is the Secret
A knee replacement surgery sparks a moment of time travel to the source of the pain. A work of creative nonfiction by Steve Bernstein.
The Alchemy of Music: Answers from the Great Beyond
Bruce Farrell Rosen stumbles on his deceased mother's prized music collection, and in the listening, she comes back to him.
 • Leah Eichler
A Different Kind of Homecoming
A journalist returns to Berlin to donate Holocaust related papers.
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