Essays

In Translation

Can reading translated works make me a better writer in my own native tongue?

Can true love conquer all — especially if one of the parties is trans?

A self-made, trans woman reflects on Mary Shelley's man-made monster.

When writing memoir, where and how do we draw the line between nonfiction and fiction?

You can learn a lot about a person from the foods they eat.

Audiences were shocked when Édouard Manet’s painting Olympia made its public debut in 1865.

No matter how death arrives—immediate or lingering, anticipated or unexpected—are we ever prepared?