Archive - Ghost Stories

Is a YA novel about drugs and sex more likely to endanger teens or to save their lives?

May 20 •

April 2025

Trump versus the humanities

I applied for a grant. Then the new administration rewrote the rules.

Apr 8 •

March 2025

Learning to be a beginner again, with my dog.

Mar 11 •

February 2025

January 2025

The Many Lives of Anne Frank

Events, reviews, and other news!

Jan 24 •

The future is now

What's your "word" for 2025?

Jan 13 •

December 2024

What does antisemitism look like?

On John Singer Sargent's Wertheimer portraits.

Dec 9, 2024 •

November 2024

An act of restitution

Eighty-five years after my grandparents fled, I received a Polish passport.

Nov 4, 2024 •

October 2024

"I don't think anyone is comfortable with the unknown"

Marcus Kliewer on getting discovered on Reddit, why it's important to share your writing (even when it makes you uncomfortable), and what we really…

Oct 7, 2024 •

September 2024

The Path to a Book

On the making of THE MANY LIVES OF ANNE FRANK.

Sep 2, 2024 •

August 2024

Looking at the world

Finding my curiosity again on a trip to Scotland.

Aug 5, 2024 •

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