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LEWIS HYDE: I’ve been interested lately in the word dividual.
LEWIS HYDE: I’ve been interested lately in the word dividual. In-dividual means something that cannot be divided. So an individualist myth asserts t...

TED ALEXANDRO: Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or
TED ALEXANDRO: Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it. It’s like the blues. The blues is a hopeful music....

AIMEE BENDER: Bruno Bettelheim, who’s been critiqued a lot, has
AIMEE BENDER: Bruno Bettelheim, who’s been critiqued a lot, has this beautiful thesis in his book The Uses of Enchantment, which is that fairy tales...

This idea of Los Angeles’ massive communal roll of the dice is
This idea of Los Angeles’ massive communal roll of the dice is essential to Didion’s understanding of the city, that cloud on the land, and especi...

BRIAN EVENSON: Years ago I was somewhere with Gordon Lish, and he
BRIAN EVENSON: Years ago I was somewhere with Gordon Lish, and he said to me, “It seems like what you’re doing in your work is trying to figure ou...

AARON GWYN: Pain can recalibrate your life. It can change your
AARON GWYN: Pain can recalibrate your life. It can change your personality. It did mine. The doctors fixed me, and I was able to return to martial a...

A photograph you take of yourself sits at the nexus of control and
A photograph you take of yourself sits at the nexus of control and self-exposure. It blurs the line between reality and the performance of a fantasy s...