# behind-the-scenes peek (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover behind-the-scenes peek. Page: Feed: --- ## [You Have To Stop and Grieve It: A Conversation With Claudia Rankine](https://janeratcliffe.substack.com/p/you-have-to-stop-and-grieve-it-a) _2026-08-20 · Jane Ratcliffe · Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe_ "We have to think hard about what it means to live in a capitalist society, where we have been taught from the get-go that the purpose of our lives is acquisition, at any cost." ## [Cindy Lamothe on Living With Our Personal Ghosts](https://janeratcliffe.substack.com/p/cindy-lamothe-on-living-with-our) _2026-08-13 · Jane Ratcliffe · Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe_ How we learn to coexist with loss ## [A Coming-of-Age While Dead Story](https://janeratcliffe.substack.com/p/a-coming-of-age-while-dead-story) _2026-08-06 · Jane Ratcliffe · Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe_ An excerpt of Amy B. Scher''s new novel, "the unexpected afterlife of salon rose." Plus a behind-the-scenes peek into what inspired Amy to write it! ## [Wilby, Birds, Words, Prayer](https://janeratcliffe.substack.com/p/wilby-birds-words-prayer) _2026-08-03 · Jane Ratcliffe · Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe_ The Body, Brain, and Books: Eleven Questions with writer Judith Hannah Weiss ## [Every Person Must Be Loved](https://janeratcliffe.substack.com/p/being-huge-in-all-the-tiny-ways-we) _2026-07-30 · Jane Ratcliffe · Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe_ A contemplation on insects, water bowls, compassion, and being huge in all the tiny ways we can muster! ## [Leaky Windows](https://janeratcliffe.substack.com/p/leaky-windows) _2026-07-24 · Jane Ratcliffe · Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe_ A contemplation on living in a world that's on fire ## [Death Row, Exonerations, and the Investigator Trying To Find the Truth](https://janeratcliffe.substack.com/p/death-row-exonerations-and-the-investigator) _2026-07-16 · Jane Ratcliffe · Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe_ An excerpt of Rene Denfeld's new novel, "The Talking Bone." Plus a behind-the-scenes peek into what inspired Rene to write it! ## [It All Gets To Belong](https://janeratcliffe.substack.com/p/it-all-gets-to-belong) _2026-07-13 · Jane Ratcliffe · Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe_ The Body, Brain, and Books: Eleven Questions with writer, teacher, and somatics practitioner Johanna Franzel ## [What Helps You Through Rough Times?](https://janeratcliffe.substack.com/p/what-helps-you-through-rough-times) _2026-07-09 · Jane Ratcliffe · Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe_ Share Wisdom, Find Wisdom: An Open Thread ## [Unruly Bodies and the Doctors Who Don’t Want To Hear About Them](https://janeratcliffe.substack.com/p/unruly-bodies-and-the-doctors-who) _2026-07-02 · Jane Ratcliffe · Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe_ An excerpt of Heather Abel's "The Emilys." Plus a behind-the-scenes peek into what inspired Heather to write it! ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/uQOLwzBcB0g3) _2026-07-02 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [It Has To Have a Song to It: Craft Advice with Lauren Hough](https://janeratcliffe.substack.com/p/it-has-to-have-a-song-to-it-craft) _2026-06-25 · Jane Ratcliffe · Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe_ "Every essay, every book I’ve written has a song that goes to it that I was just listening to on repeat. I’m trying to write something that makes me feel like that song."