Archive - Ghost Stories

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 •

July 2024

On Alice Munro and betrayal.

Jul 18, 2024 •

June 2024

Glimpses of a nation in crisis

How a trip to Israel inspired me to commit to dialogue.

Jun 9, 2024 •

May 2024

Anne Frank, anti-Zionist?

What might the most famous victim of the Holocaust have thought about today's protests?

May 6, 2024 •

April 2024

Close Encounters of the Literary Kind

Rachel Cohen on process, divining a book idea, and how to keep up your confidence as a new writer.

Apr 8, 2024 •

March 2024

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