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Andrea Barrett

Andrea Barrett is the author of Archangel (a finalist for the Story Prize), Servants of the Map (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), Ship Fever (winner of the National Book Award), and other books. She teaches at Williams College and lives in northwestern Massachusetts.

Traveling Corpse

Traveling Corpse

How an American sergeant’s journey through frigid North Russia inspired a work of historical fiction

by Andrea Barrett | Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Chasing Henrietta

Chasing Henrietta

Why one novelist keeps returning to the same inscrutable character

by Andrea Barrett | Monday, June 05, 2017
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Tamarack State

by Andrea Barrett | Friday, June 01, 2007
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Virginia Woolf’s The Years

What a novel could be

by Andrea Barrett | Monday, April 06, 2015
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Don’t Be Afraid to Start Over

by Andrea Barrett | Monday, May 05, 2014
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What Is a Dog?

by Chloe Shaw

We admit that unofficial, national fill-in-the-blank days can sometimes feel contrived. (National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day, anyone?) But National Hug Your Dog Day (April 10) is too good not to celebrate, especially if it means we can revisit one of our favorite essays: Chloe Shaw’s “What Is a Dog?” from our Spring 2018 issue. After losing a beloved hound named Booker—described as a “wolf meets horse meets dinosaur meets tongue”—Shaw confronts the joys and inevitable sorrows of loving a pet. “A dog is a second chance. A dog is death and life. A dog is plush red carpet and fresh warm pee.” A dog is worth celebrating, and not only on April 10.