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The Anarchists Who Took the Commuter Train By Longreads Feature The Stelton colony, initially associated with the likes of Emma Goldman and Eugene O’Neill, was a radical suburb whose anarchist residents took the commuter train to New York.
The Revolution…Without Prince By Kevin Sampsell Feature Hoping to reconnect to their love for the iconic musician, Kevin Sampsell and an old girlfriend go to hear his best known band play without him.
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Editors Thinking About Editing at the AWP Conference By Aaron Gilbreath Commentary The only way to work as an editor and a writer is to continue learning from other editors and writers.
This Month In Books: Botanize Your Past To Save the Future By Dana Snitzky Commentary This month’s books newsletter is overflowing with regional fiction, travel writing … and retro-botany.
It’s Tennis, Charlie Brown By Patrick Sauer Feature An obscure character was a stand-in for the creator of Peanuts when he fell in love with tennis during the sport’s boom in the 1970s.
The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez By Longreads Feature In the story of one Mexican-American woman’s life, we can see the whole tragic story of the US-Mexico border’s transformation from a simple chain-link fence to a humanitarian crisis.
The 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winners By Longreads Reading List The winners of the Pulitzer Prize have been announced.
‘There Are Things You See With Your Body’ By Krista Stevens Highlight “Stepping away, I feel something evaporate, a quantum of my soul, perhaps, burning up on contact.”
Is It Ever Too Late to Pursue a Dream? By Matt Giles Feature Dan Stoddard believes there is room in the NBA for a 42-year-old rookie.
On Flooding: Drowning the Culture in Sameness By Soraya Roberts Feature Flooding (v.): Unleashing a mass torrent of the same stories by the same storytellers at the same time, making it almost impossible for anyone but the same select few to rise to the surface.
10 Outstanding Short Stories to Read in 2018 By Longreads Reading List Must-read stories from Han Kang, Porochista Khakpour, and Min Jin Lee.
The Curious Tale of the Salish Sea Feet By Kea Krause Feature To date, 21 disembodied feet have washed up on the shores of Seattle’s Salish Sea. What at first looked like the work of a serial killer turned out to be something even more unsettling: A message from the ocean about who we are.
Orwell’s Last Neighborhood By Longreads Feature While envisioning the darkest of futures and grappling with mortality, the English writer retreated to an idyllic Scottish isle to write Nineteen Eighty-Four.
‘Women Can Be Required To Wear Something That’s Painful.’ By Victoria Namkung Feature Summer Brennan talks about femininity and suffering, beauty and biology, and the startlingly dark turn she found herself taking when writing about women and power in her new book ‘High Heel.’
Lock Your Doors? By Ryan Chapman Feature A new homeowner reads two novels that revolve around surreal home-invasion scenarios, and considers what it is about his house that scares him.
United States of Conspiracy: An Interview with Anna Merlan By Rebecca McCarthy Feature “Most people in America believe in one conspiracy to some extent, but the far end of the pool … is this desire to show that you really do reject all knowable authority.”
This Month In Books: Botanize Your Past To Save the Future By Dana Snitzky Commentary This month’s books newsletter is overflowing with regional fiction, travel writing … and retro-botany.
The Anarchists Who Took the Commuter Train By Longreads Feature The Stelton colony, initially associated with the likes of Emma Goldman and Eugene O’Neill, was a radical suburb whose anarchist residents took the commuter train to New York.
The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez By Longreads Feature In the story of one Mexican-American woman’s life, we can see the whole tragic story of the US-Mexico border’s transformation from a simple chain-link fence to a humanitarian crisis.
Notes on Citizenship By Nina Coomes Feature Nina Li Coomes reckons with the quandary of citizenship and the meaning of home.
The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez By Longreads Feature In the story of one Mexican-American woman’s life, we can see the whole tragic story of the US-Mexico border’s transformation from a simple chain-link fence to a humanitarian crisis.
The 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winners By Longreads Reading List The winners of the Pulitzer Prize have been announced.
What the Death of a Glacier Means for Us By Aaron Gilbreath Commentary The death of an iconic California glacier signals the loss of one scientist’s work, the end of an epoch, and possibly the beginning of a new era of mass extinction.
The American Worth Ethic By Bryce Covert Feature Like so many of our lofty ideals, the “American Work Ethic” is actually two different standards — one for the wealthy and one for the poor — with two different interpretations of what work looks like.
The Revolution…Without Prince By Kevin Sampsell Feature Hoping to reconnect to their love for the iconic musician, Kevin Sampsell and an old girlfriend go to hear his best known band play without him.
Notes on Citizenship By Nina Coomes Feature Nina Li Coomes reckons with the quandary of citizenship and the meaning of home.
Edible Complex By Jen Doll Feature Never eat pot chocolate on a third date, and other lessons about love.
‘What Is Missing Is Her Soul’: Women and Art, Girls and Men By Alana Mohamed Feature In a new book, Camille Laurens examines the life of the model for Degas’ masterpiece, “Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen.” But there’s still so much we don’t know.
Bracing for the Silence of an Empty Nest By Michelle Cruz Gonzales Feature As her son finishes high school and prepares to leave for college, Michelle Cruz Gonzales looks back on his early years as a pianist and anticipates a future without the sound of his playing filling the house.
