Readings

'Writing Was Always an Act of Losing Control': An Interview with Etgar Keret

The author of The Seven Good Years on peace versus compromise, Hebrew Book Week, and how writing fiction is like dreaming.

Suddenly, the Same Thing

Giving birth mere hours after a terrorist attack.

The Death and Afterlife of Ramona Wilson

Twenty-one years later, a young woman’s murder continues to haunt the people who loved her.

Game of Thrones, Season 5, Episode 10: Thank God This Is Over

A weekly conversation between an avid Game of Thrones fan, and someone who has actively avoided it until now.

All That Is (Almost) Good (Enough)

Words can’t possibly capture the experience of being a parent, but when you need a name, who do you become?

Dinner For One

When you grow up eating alone, sometimes a terrible dinner is all you can ask for.

A Warrior Woman's Work

Furiosa isn’t history’s first female fighter, but she is the latest to remind us that women's place is everywhere.

'You Don’t Get To Be The Writer You Want To Be': An Interview with Mat Johnson

Talking with the author of Loving Day and Pym about telling realistic ghost stories, the upside of illegal downloading, and the surprisingly radical idea that writing should be entertaining.

Alanis in Chains

The pressured pop career that led to Jagged Little Pill.

Game of Thrones, Season 5, Episode 9: Gazing Longingly Into the Abyss

A weekly conversation between an avid Game of Thrones fan, and someone who has actively avoided it until now.