“If you can't write clearly, you probably don't think nearly as well as you think you do.” - Kurt Vonnegut Fellow literature nerds will know that just by naming this piece “Why I Write,” I am inviting ...

Parker Potter is a former archaeologist and historian, and a retired lawyer. He is currently a semi-professional dog walker who lives and works in Contoocook. Recently, when I was picking up my canine ...

Writing a book is bizarre. You work in a cubicle inside a hovel within a cave, and then suddenly, word by sentence by paragraph you finish, stumbling bleary-eyed into the world, clutching something ...

Why do I write columns? Because I can. I mean that literally, Heaven knows I’ve tried every other form of writing — poems, essays, lectures, research papers, commencement speeches, plays, books, ...

This past winter, a woman stood at the front of a coffee shop and asked “why do you write?” She listed a variety of reasons a person might choose to write, her good intentions clear throughout the ...

It’s the time of year when students arrive at my office and ask if I will write them a college recommendation. I say, “Yes, I’ll be happy to write one for you.” Sometimes, I’ll thank them for asking ...

I have so many privileges. Being able to write this post about privilege is a privilege. How many women through eternity had occasion to gain literacy, write, or climb high enough on Maslow’s ...

If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice. Credit...Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri Supported by By Sam Kriss In the quiet hum of our digital ...