In an attempt to understand her own chronic pain, Diana Whitney uncovers a violent trauma from her mother’s past.
2018
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Nathaniel Rich, Ronan Farrow, Jeff Maysh, Helen Rosner, and Nick Greene.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
Long Live the Oddly Charming Poetry of the Mail-Order Catalog
Hammacher Schlemmer, which publishes America’s longest-running catalog, still takes its product descriptions seriously.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
The Killer Who Spared My Mother
In an attempt to understand her own chronic pain, Diana Whitney uncovers a violent trauma from her mother’s past.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
The Killer Who Spared My Mother
In an attempt to understand her own chronic pain, Diana Whitney uncovers a violent trauma from her mother’s past.
Posted inEditor's Pick
M.I.A. and the Defense of Nuance
Fariha Róisín considers the limits of cancel culture.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Anika Noni Rose Was Waiting for This Moment
Theatre critic Jose Solís profiles Anika Noni Rose, the actress and singer playing the title role in the musical “Carmen Jones” at New York’s Classic Stage Company.
Posted inEditor's Pick
This Black Woman Was Once the Biggest Star in Jazz. Here’s Why You’ve Never Heard of Her.
Jazz pianist Hazel Scott was the first black woman to host a variety show on US television, but after being accused of “communist sympathies” in 1950, her career faltered.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The World’s Most Peculiar Company
How does Hammacher Schlemmer, which publishes the longest-running mail-order catalog in American history, survive in the age of Amazon?
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
The Slow Regard of a Difficult Past
“In my family, love was the slow accumulation of moments in which I was not subjected to great harm.”