A diary is often treated like a private little habit—something you do when you’re emotional, bored, or trying to “be more ...

Talking to Sheila Heti is disarming. Like her work, she is unself-conscious and brilliant, but in a way that you don’t always recognize as brilliant because of how open and accessible she is. Heti has ...

The New York writer and editor’s diaries of the AIDS era presents a curious case of what we are supposed to expect from private documents that become historical sources. Photo by Ann Imbrie Before ...