A dozen exceptional stories from 2018 that deserve our ongoing attention.
2019
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Blackstars
Michael Gonzales reflects on the deaths of a dear friend, and a bookworm he idolized: David Bowie.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Blackstars
Michael Gonzales reflects on the deaths of a dear friend, and a bookworm he idolized: David Bowie.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Blackstars
A personal essay in which Michael Gonzales reflects on the deaths of a dear friend, and a bookworm he idolized: David Bowie.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
A History of American Protest Music: Come By Here
How cultural appropriation and erasure turned an African American spiritual into a white campfire sing-along.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Egg Thief
“We’ll go into the Rhondda Valley and see how many peregrines we can get—right under Andy McWilliam’s nose. You do the climbing. We’ll make millions.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
‘They’re Gonna Rock It’: The First Day Native Women Served on Capitol Hill
In a nation stolen from Indigenous people, Deb Haaland and Sharice David, the first two Native American women elected to Congress, represent the potential for a new chapter in Indigenous life.
Posted inBooks, Fiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Writing
Sarah Moss on Brexit, Borders, Bog Bodies, and the ‘Foundation Myths of a Really Damaged Country’
Sarah Moss’s tale of Iron Age reenactors and parental abuse is her way of addressing Brexit. “Putting the skulls of the ancestors up in some attempt to hold back history never works.”
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
On Alcoholism, Sobriety, and Running Toward a Future
“…no one sober knows if they’re going to be sober forever. It was a forgiving moment, and it humbled me.”
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Technology, Unapologetic Women
Repairman-man-man-(wo)man
Lauren Hough recounts a decade of misadventures as a female cable tech in the DC Metro Area.