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An Open Letter to the Girl I Pretended To Have a Crush On in Eighth Grade

Dear Tracy Dolan, Every gay teenager has a different strategy for surviving adolescence. Some join the choir, some write or paint, some play sports, some try to make themselves invisible. And some,…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 15, 2013
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5664 words)

101 Spectacular Nonfiction Stories

Each year, I keep a running list of the most exceptional nonfiction that I encounter while publishing my twice-weekly newsletter The Best of Journalism. Along with my curating work for Byliner, this…
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4850 words)

Anne Tyler: a life's work

If you were to pop by Anne Tyler's house in leafy Roland Park, Baltimore, on a Tuesday afternoon, you might interrupt her and five women friends deep into an episode of The Wire. They have seen all…
PUBLISHED: April 13, 2012
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3817 words)

Werner Herzog on death, danger and the end of the world

Werner Herzog: 'If we perish I want to see what's coming at me, and if we survive, I want to see it as well.' Photograph: Thomas Rabsch Some years ago, Werner Herzog was on an internal flight…
AUTHOR:Steve Rose
PUBLISHED: April 14, 2012
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1698 words)

Disaster looms for people of Mali as country is split by revolt

By Tim Lister Africa has seen some ugly divorces in recent times: Eritrea and Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan. Now Mali is threatened with partition as a rebellion flares in the north and political…
PUBLISHED: April 12, 2012
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1536 words)
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In Search of Bolivian Dark Chocolate

They called it Cru Sauvage. The impeccable Swiss packaging alluded to its aboriginal provenance, and inside were two bars wrapped in golden foil, 68 percent cacao. I'd paid $13 (plus shipping!) for…
LENGTH: 23 minutes (5914 words)
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