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The Mammy Washington Almost Had

Hattie McDaniel as Mammy in Gone With the Wind (MGM) If I say the word "Mammy," you're likely to conjure up the character from Gone With the Wind. Or, you may think of Aunt Jemima, in her trademark…
PUBLISHED: May 31, 2013
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2428 words)

Death of a Revolutionary

Firestone, top left, in 1970, at the beach, reading “The Second Sex”; center left, with Gloria Steinem, in 2000; and bottom right, in 1997. Best known for her writings, Firestone also…
PUBLISHED: April 15, 2013
LENGTH: 32 minutes (8084 words)

Death of the American Hobo | VICE

When walking through a city, or a suburb, or a section of forest, I feel an enormous sense of relief when I come upon a set of railroad tracks. It is as if the fears and doubts and anxieties of daily…
SOURCE:m.vice.com
LENGTH: 26 minutes (6725 words)

How Crazy Is Too Crazy to Be Executed?

Andre Thomas is escorted by officers during his 2005 murder trial. Chris Jennings/Herald Democrat Years later, after Andre Thomas had been convicted of killing his estranged wife, his 4-year-old son…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 12, 2013
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1441 words)

George Saunders Has Written the Best Book You’ll Read This Year

George Saunders In a little sushi restaurant in Syracuse, George Saunders conceded that, sure, one reality was that he and I were a couple guys talking fiction and eating avocado salad and listenin
PUBLISHED: Jan. 3, 2013
LENGTH: 24 minutes (6039 words)

Awakening

Linda Campbell was not quite 4 years old when her appendix burst, spilling its bacteria-rich contents throughout her abdomen. She was in severe pain, had a high fever, and wouldn’t stop…
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1760 words)

The Top 10 Longreads of 2012

9. The Semplica-Girl Diaries George Saunders | The New Yorker | October 8, 2012 | 35 minutes (8,979 words) A father uses his lottery winnings for an extravagant birthday party for his teenage…
LENGTH: 1 minutes (283 words)

Junot Díaz on How a Library Changed His Life

BILL MOYERS: What did you read growing up that you think did strike a spark, did-- did rouse the passion? JUNOT DIAZ: I think what happened to me was that I had-- I had never seen a library before.…
LENGTH: 1 minutes (274 words)

The Right to Die Is the Right to Live

Wolf as he sees himself going out in the world. One month before his 18th birthday, my son Wolf was thrilled to receive invitations from galleries in Melbourne and New York City to exhibit his…
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3594 words)
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