Baroudi examines how writing transforms the fear of forgetting into a way of inhabiting time, rather than simply enduring it.

“If you can't write clearly, you probably don't think nearly as well as you think you do.” - Kurt Vonnegut Fellow literature nerds will know that just by naming this piece “Why I Write,” I am inviting ...

It seems to me that I have wanted to write for the whole of my life. The intensity of this insistence, despite its implausibility, suggests an emotional, rather than literal, accuracy. I think my life ...

The philosopher Jordan Peterson says, "The best way to teach people critical thinking is to teach them to write... Because there is no difference between that and thinking... You need to learn to ...