Real People: Dorothy Allison on Steinbeck
You write like a man, I was told. No, I write like a dyke. Except—except sometimes I try to write like John Steinbeck. I try to go from everyday… More
Lifetimes Out of Moments
A small boat crowded to the gunnels with journalists met the docking of Gertrude Stein’s steamship in New York. Her name ran like an illuminated rabbit around Times Square.… More
Open Destiny of Life
Let me put it this way: I went to school to poetry—that was where I learned how to write. People learn to write by doing various things. I suppose… More
Different Hughes
Langston Hughes was a performer, and he made being Langston Hughes look triumphantly easy. More
Paul Auster on Samuel Beckett: Laughter in the Dark
We went on to talk about other things, and then, out of the blue, ten or fifteen minutes later, apropos of nothing, he leaned forward across the table and… More
Laughter in the Dark
We went on to talk about other things, and then, out of the blue, ten or fifteen minutes later, apropos of nothing, he leaned forward across the table and… More
Uneasy Peace
Many years ago, during what would have been my senior year in college if I hadn't left college and moved to New York, I got to attend a writers'… More
On American Language and Culture
People in this country understand that we’re a nation made up of foreigners; that’s our identity. And those of us who have chosen to live in New York City… More
On American and European Relations
There is no doubt great opposition among the citizens of Europe to the Iraqi adventure. But while the opposition to that war may not be as great in the… More
Blood Feather
As Marcia does the dishes, she hears her daughter call from upstairs. “Mom, Mo-o-o-m . . . ” She races up but Ruthie isn’t in her room or even… More
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PEN America On 
NEW: PEN America today condemned the five-year penal colony sentence imposed on philosopher and PEN Belarus member Uladzimir Mackievič and joined PEN Belarus to demand his immediate and unconditional release. https://bit.ly/3OsdOjW
A Truck Driver Ran Into Pro-Choice Protesters in Iowa 🚨 The driver has not been charged. @iWatchiAm @TheCut 1/ https://www.thecut.com/2022/06/truck-driver-ran-into-pro-choice-protesters-in-iowa.html
Looking to expand your reading this #pridemonth? Check out the reading list we created in collaboration with @ONEarchives, covering a wide range of classics and recently published works, across a variety of genres: https://bit.ly/3gVVMIn
