For too long, I yearned to feel less like a stranger in a strange land and more like someone who is, finally, home.
Roxane Gay | Mar 26
I smacked my daughter once. The guilt still haunts me.
Jonathan Taylor | Mar 17
The author and philosopher reflects on the social and psychological burdens that shaped his distant relationship with his father.
Didier Eribon | Oct 7, 2024
Pippa Goldschmidt blends personal history, scientific facts, and imaginative fiction to highlight unsung women in science.
Pippa Goldschmidt | Sep 2, 2024
Francisco Cantú offers a poignant firsthand account of life along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Francisco Cantú, as told to Edward Schwarzschild | Aug 12, 2024
Architect Moshe Safdie describes how his boyhood fascination with steps, terraces, and the wax hexagons of beehives led him to a life immersed in the complexities of design.
Moshe Safdie | Jun 24, 2024
Author Timothy C. Baker examines how our childhood reading shapes our memories and the way we see the world.
Timothy C. Baker | Dec 4, 2023
A brief excerpt from Marie Darrieussecq’s memoir “Sleepless,” a restless inquiry into the cultural and psychic sources of insomnia.
Marie Darrieussecq | Translated by Penny Hueston | Sep 4, 2023
An excerpt from the celebrated 19th-century photographer's memoir "When I Was a Photographer."
Félix Nadar | Feb 6, 2023
An excerpt from the science fiction master's memoir “Highcastle: A Remembrance."
Stanisław Lem | Dec 21, 2020
