Essays
The Talented Ms. Highsmith
I worked for the novelist in her final months. I thought she wanted to kill me.
Elena Gosalvez Blanco
When Does a Divorce Begin?
Most people think of it as failure. For me it was an achievement.
Anahid Nersessian
What Happened When I Began to Speak Welsh
By learning my family's language, I hoped to join their conversation.
Dan Fox
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Essays
Naming, Being, and Black Experience
Yale’s first Black professor on the presence or absence of names, their status and their scope.
Michael G. Cooke
December 1, 1977
Creativity, Poetic Language, and the Computer
What's distinctly human about writing a poem?
Marie Borroff
June 1, 1971
