The life-long writer, teacher, and activist believed she could save a piece of land or a species, but after her brother took his life, she questioned her optimism and how to grieve for him and the planet.
2019
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
The Backcountry Prescription Experiment
Mathina Calliope goes off her antidepressant and into the woods.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Will Evans, Tomi Obaro, Rachel Morris, Maya Kosoff, and Michelle Delgado.
Posted inNonfiction
Why Mr. Bauer Didn’t Like Me
As a child, Blaise Allysen Kearsley tried, in vain, to win over a white friend’s father.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Before Syracuse, There Was Mizzou
“‘It’s Little Dixie,’ Little told me. When he was driving down from Chicago with his father and uncle to start his master’s program, he said his uncle told him: ‘Stay away from white women down there.’ Little figured this was mostly a joke, but he knew there was some seriousness behind his uncle’s words. ‘I […]
Posted inHighlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
The Cobra in the Can and other Shenanigans at LAX
And then there was the man “who tried strutting through security with 84 songbirds taped to his body.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Behind the Smiles
Amazon’s internal injury records expose the true toll of its relentless drive for speed.
Posted inEditor's Pick
3 Kids. 2 Paychecks. No Home.
“South of San Francisco, in a fertile corner of California that feeds much of the country, working families are sleeping in shelters and parking lots.”
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Food, Highlight, History, Quote Posts, Quotes
All Hail the Inventor of the Crock Pot: Irving Nachumsohn
Irving Nachumsohn invented the crock pot so that his family didn’t have to use the stove to prepare dinner on hot summer evenings. You’re welcome.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Nine Secrets I Never Knew About Airports Until I Worked at LAX
Snakes in Pringles cans? Security checks for a robot with a passport? As Brandon Presser reports for Bloomberg, that and more has happened at LAX, America’s busiest airport of origin.