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Working in Advertising Helped Me Write My Memoir

Working in Advertising Helped Me Write My Memoir

Lu Chekowsky on Writing the Truth After a Career in Fiction

By Lu Chekowsky | June 15, 2026

What Happens When Your Books (Don’t) Get Banned?

What Happens When Your Books (Don’t) Get Banned?

Lydia Millet on Censorship, Creativity and the Importance of Continuing the Literary Conversation

By Lydia Millet | February 19, 2026

On the Latest Threat to Literary Culture’s Fragile Ecosystem: Donald Trump

On the Latest Threat to Literary Culture’s Fragile Ecosystem: Donald Trump

Maris Kreizman Wonders What Can Be Done in the Face of Trump’s Devastating NEA Cuts?

By Maris Kreizman | May 8, 2025

Advertising as Art: How Literary Magazines Pioneered a New Kind of Graphic Design

Advertising as Art: How Literary Magazines Pioneered a New Kind of Graphic Design

Allison Rudnick on the Rise and Fall of the 19th Century "Literary Poster"

By Allison Rudnick | April 3, 2024

Behind the Scenes of ACT UP’s Groundbreaking <em>Kissing Doesn’t Kill</em> Campaign

Behind the Scenes of ACT UP’s Groundbreaking Kissing Doesn’t Kill Campaign

Jack Lowery on Real-Time Intersectionality in the Fight Against AIDS

By Jack Lowery | April 11, 2022

Falling in Love with Instant Anonymity: How I Became a Perpetual Student of LA

Falling in Love with Instant Anonymity: How I Became a Perpetual Student of LA

María Amparo Escandón on Fictionalizing a Newfound Home on the West Coast

By María Amparo Escandón | September 9, 2021

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This 1980 George Plimpton TV commercial for video games is a masterpiece.

By Jonny Diamond | April 14, 2021

How America Has Always Advertised the Next Golden Age of Computers

By Ryan Mungia | February 11, 2021

Remember when famous writers used to shill for consumer products?

By Emily Temple | August 19, 2020

James Patterson's old book commercials are pure comic genius.

James Patterson's old book commercials are pure comic genius.

By Emily Temple | April 6, 2020

Would Henry David Thoreau <em>really</em> have wanted us to buy these lavender sweatpants?

Would Henry David Thoreau really have wanted us to buy these lavender sweatpants?

By Emily Temple | February 20, 2020

How the Algorithm Rewards Extremism

How the Algorithm Rewards Extremism

Clive Thompson on Big Tech, the Internet, and the Mess We're In

By Clive Thompson | March 28, 2019

Rewriting Trauma: The Business of Storytelling in the Age of the Algorithm

Rewriting Trauma: The Business of Storytelling in the Age of the Algorithm

Screenwriter James Schamus on What Goes Into the TV You're Binge-Watching

By James Schamus | December 12, 2018

How I Went from Writing Ads About a Stoned Puppet to Writing a Memoir

How I Went from Writing Ads About a Stoned Puppet to Writing a Memoir

"I’d Never Tried to Sustain a Single Narrative for 200 Pages"

By Leah Dieterich | September 14, 2018

On the Rise and Fall of America's Most Famous Dessert

On the Rise and Fall of America's Most Famous Dessert

Allie Rowbottom and a Brief History of Jell-O

By Allie Rowbottom | July 25, 2018

What's a Poetry Reading Doing at a Tech Start-Up Anyway?

What's a Poetry Reading Doing at a Tech Start-Up Anyway?

On MailChimp's GetLit Series, and Poetry and Advertising's Long Relationship

By Adriane Quinlan | December 8, 2017

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