As movies, Anak and Distance illustrate two opposite extremes of the challenging reality of motherhood in the Philippines.

Sally Rooney’s 2018 novel Normal People is a heartbreaking journey featuring intimacy, pain, and the social dynamics of human connections.

The Israel-Palestine conflict should lead us to reflect on pacifism and its ally, storytelling, for justice.

Callum Foulds talks office pop!

What do internally displaced people want to save, want to preserve, and want to carry?

A review of Oliver Sacks' 1985 book featuring compelling stories of patients grappling with extraordinary neurological conditions.

NaNoWriMoMo has arrived! Whether you are someone who has taken on the challenge year after year or you have no idea what the acronym stands

A personal essay and reflection about the art of belonging from the perspective of an immigrant.

Born and raised in Northern Uganda, Ber Anena writes poetry, creative nonfiction (essays and memoirs are her focus), and short fiction.

"By listening, churches would have abated the paranoia of homophobia and saved lives."

"The Woman was my alter-ego, my pretense in Pakistan where I had to force myself to submerge deep within the homogenous mix I lived in."

The essay talks about the impact childhood experiences have on life, and how it is essential to find happiness in simple, everyday things.

When the portrayal of the artist and muse has been riddled with the male gaze, Portrait of a Lady on Fire blurs the lines...

Nightmare at the British Museum: missing treasure and renewed calls to repatriate stolen objects.

In an age where men in the media are subjected to sole agency when encountering sexual assault, the supposed solution loses its purpose.

Melody, womanhood, and fate entangle in Emma Donoghue's historical fiction novel 'Frog Music.'

A personal essay delving into the writer's narrative as asexual, from the initial confusion to the empowerment that accompanies visibility..

A cultural essay exploring the dysphemism and a controversy that occurred in the 80s in El Paso, Texas.

"I want to cause a ruckus," Shahid writes about the role of honor as an entity in Pakistan, and how it affects the lives of its women.

An essay about the profound changes the writer has witnessed in his friendships over the years, in terms of their evolving dynamics.