With My Children, Learning to Love the Little Things
From The Borrowers to Peter Rabbit, the literature of smallness opens up big ideas for both kids and adults
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What We Mean When We Talk about Infertility
Literature propagates the myth that women who can’t conceive bear some moral failing
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What Happens When Authors Are Afraid to Stand Alone
Writing as an individual pursuit has been replaced by “community”—and literature is the worse for it
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The Quiet Pursuit of Extreme Solitude
What we can learn from a man who spent twenty-seven years alone in the woods
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We Let Work Define Us. Why Not Play?
Hobbies aren’t just fulfilling—they keep us healthy, mindful, and sane
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The Benefits of Solitude
Our society rewards social behaviour while ignoring the positive effects of time spent alone
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Why Is Neanderthal Erotica So Hot?
A new novel by Claire Cameron explores forbidden terrain
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Oversharing Economy
Kelly Oxford’s journey from Twitterati to Literati
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Body of Work
In her new novel, Barbara Gowdy draws inspiration from private agonies
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The Return of the Epic Novelist
In his new book, Steven Heighton revitalizes a grand tradition of storytelling—and sets himself against the identity politics of North American fiction
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