For the Teenage Girls in “Headshot,” the Boxing Ring Is a Place of Transformation
Over the course of each fight, a window opens into the desire and delusion that motivates these girls to fight
Marie-Helene Bertino on toiling in obscurity, writing alienation, and turning towards fear
Alexandra Tanner discusses the false promise of the internet, the evangelicalism of MLMs, and Mormon mommie influencers
The author of "The Morningside" discusses the immigrant experiences that influenced her vision of climate calamity
The author discusses writing from the perspective of Jim and language as a tool of oppression
The author of "Love the World or Get Killed Trying" on the difference between being desired and fetishized, and humor as a tool of survival
"If You Can't Take the Heat" is a feminist manifesto that uses food and cooking to examine misogyny and oppression
Over the course of each fight, a window opens into the desire and delusion that motivates these girls to fight
The author on how writing her memoir transformed her
Sarah Beth Childers uses the parable as a lens to understand her brother's death
Amy Lin, author of the memoir "Here After," on how the North American narrative of resilience traps grievers in a place where there's no space for them
The U.S. veteran based his novel "Daybreak" on his experience in the Ukraine interviewing foreign fighters and training volunteers to defend themselves against Russia’s invasion
The author of "Be a Revolution" discusses the racist fears behind book banning and the connections between reproductive justice and racial justice