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Tracing Literary Lineage
On what's missing from most anthologies, how shared texts create soulmates, and why we need more editors of colorIssue 76
The Perils of Perfect Memory
The new past, according to social mediaIssue 55
Wading through the Whitestream
A roundtable discussion about writing and publishing when you're not white. With Tanushree Baidya, Jennifer De Leon, and Jonathan Escoffery, moderated by Jenn Scheck-KahnIssue 68
Write What You Don’t Know
What happens when facts, for any number of reasons, simply aren't available?Issue 54
Knowing that Truth is Complicated: An interview with Sheri Fink
Journalist Sheri Fink talks about deep reporting, building timelines, and whether there’s a difference between “scientific truth” and “narrative truth”Issue 52
When Your Co-Author Is Missing
A niece recounts her search for a lost aunt and reflects on the books and documentary films that helped her understand how to write with an absent co-authorIssue 54
One of Many
Maggie Mertens, struggling to fit her very large family into a memoir, is surprised to learn how many well-regarded memoirists also come from large families, though you wouldn’t necessarily know it from their storiesIssue 54
Visiting the Past
A daughter travels to the rural Indian village where her father grew up and uses her skills as a trial lawyer to build a complete picture of her father's pastIssue 54
Before We’re Writers, We’re Readers
Fifteen contemporary nonfiction writers recall the formative nonfiction (and not-quite-nonfiction) books of their childhoodsIssue 60
Finding Truth in Technology
Five memoirists share their favorite tools for recreating scenes and settingIssue 58