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'Then the War'
To round out National Poetry Month, TFP revisits my April 2022 conversation with classicist, essayist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Phillips.
The Man Who Saved My Life
For National Poetry Month, TFP revisits my 2022 tribute to my teacher Gerald Stern. Others knew him as “one of the country's most loved and respected…
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'Soul Talk' With Joy Harjo
In celebration of National Poetry Month, TFP revisits our April 2022 conversation with the gifted writer and musician Joy Harjo, the first Native…
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Why Russia Can’t Win
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Dear Sinéad
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'People Are Not Fools'
Half Hank Williams, Half Charles Baudelaire
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Scott Newstok: Well, Shakespeare, He’s in the Alley
What I'm Most Thankful For
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A Letter From F. Scott Fitzgerald
The more things change, old sport, the more they stay the same.
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Putin's paranoia
Terrorism, delusion, and self-destruction
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Why Russia Can’t Win, Part Two
A conversation with Substack’s Diane Francis about her start in journalism, her love and respect for Ukraine, and why a Russian defeat is inevitable.
Why Russia Can’t Win
A conversation with Substack’s Diane Francis about her start in journalism, her love and respect for Ukraine, and why a Russian defeat is inevitable.
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Homeira Qaderi: ‘We are not going back to the dark ages’
On International Women's Day, TFP proudly publishes the best-selling author of "Dancing in the Mosque" on what she hopes for future generations of…
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David Duer: Jesse's Story
My beautiful boy and his brave struggle with bipolar disorder and addiction.
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Forgive Me If You Can, Part Two
A conversation with con artist turned consultant Frank Abagnale Jr. on regret, redemption, and how he lost “control” of his life story.
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