The Power of a Neighborhood’s Name By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight When Google Maps’ data renamed an African American neighborhood, it opened up residents to the looming forces of gentrification.
Our Words Will Save Us and Set Us Free By Jackson Bliss Feature In the wake of having his writing career belittled, Jackson Bliss becomes an interpreter for a refugee and comes to see words, translations, and storytelling as important acts of resistance.
A Rare Toy Heist, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight In 2017, the theft of a rare toy — a Boba “Rocket” Fett prototype that was never released for sale — rocked the Star Wars collecting community.
Revisiting My Grandfather’s Garden By Mojgan Ghazirad Feature During a return trip to Tehran, Mojgan Ghazirad searches for her childhood home and witnesses the damage U.S. sanctions have brought to Iranian lives.
How the Pacheco Family Pivoted From Baking Bread to Burying the Bodies By Krista Stevens Highlight “For now, though, he has no plans to become a baker again.”
Everything is Fine By Sara Fredman Feature Sara Fredman thinks about the voices in her life as she raises young children and reckons with her fading father.
‘The South Is Different Now. So Are We.’ By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight On two tours of the South, taken 20 years apart, Pete Candler uncovers truths about his family and the place he comes from.
“The Glitter-scurfed Frappuccinos” Is Totally the Name of My New Band By Michelle Weber Highlight Don’t disrespect the fish. Or do! It’s your dinner.
The End of Poker Night By Mindy Greenstein Feature Mindy Greenstein looks back on the gambling that was a big part of life with her Holocaust refugee parents.
“White” Isn’t Even Neutral When You’re Talking About Paint Colors By Michelle Weber Highlight Your systems will not protect you.
Deciphering the Language of the Body in China By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In China, a British expat learns a whole new way to speak with her body.
‘We All Live in the Great Database in the Sky’: On Silicon Valley and UFO Culture By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight “The idea seems to be that we all live in the great database in the sky, occasionally summoning aliens with our minds.” Emily Harnett explores Silicon Valley’s appropriation of UFO culture.
Diabetes in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley: ‘The Inevitable Inheritance’ By Krista Stevens Highlight “We’re literally cutting people’s limbs off, when they could just be taking medication. It’s kind of crazy in a developed country.”
The Darwinian View of Our Storytelling Species By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight What the history of folktales reveals about the role storytelling played in human evolution.
Make Way for Meera By Michelle Weber Highlight She bounded up a mountain humans can only slog up, and she’s the second-best dog in the world (after your dog, obv).
Maintaining Mental Health as a Rescuer in the Grand Tetons By Krista Stevens Highlight “What was important was that each of us had been there; we all, in another way, had blood on our hands—we had all shared the same experiences. We needed each other.”
It’s All In the Wrist (and the Blatant Lying) By Michelle Weber Highlight In these troubling economic times, you can’t amass a giant art collection without robbing a few hundred museums any more.
Where the Trouble Started By Saidee Sonnenberg Feature Decades after a childhood sexual assault, Saidee Sonnenberg tries to make sense of what happened.
The Beautiful Politics of the Backyard Barter System By Krista Stevens Highlight “My farm connects me to the world, the ground, its air, its water, its fauna, and people. In an introvert-kind-of-way. Which is to say, my-kind-of-way.”
What’s a Good Hourly Wage for Developing PTSD? By Michelle Weber Highlight Asking for a friend called Facebook.
The Problem With Nostalgia By Michael Musto Feature Michael Musto argues that wearing rose-colored glasses always leads to an unfair distortion — looking back on the best of the past while comparing it to the worst of the present.
When Music Speaks to Our Experience By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Anton Webern’s Concerto, Opus 24 had the structure that was missing from one young musician’s life.
Choosing Amputation Over Pain By Krista Stevens Highlight Swimmer Morgan Stickney opted to amputate her leg below the knee to get off of opioids and get back in the pool after a seemingly innocuous foot injury and the ensuing complications left her in pain.
At Glen Mills Schools, the Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves By Michelle Weber Highlight “Nathan quickly learned that counselors preferred to bash boys’ heads into the door of the refrigerator at the back of Lincoln Hall, hearing the distinct thud and his classmates’ screams from the next room over.”
Even the Dogs By Longreads Feature In an excerpt from her memoir, T Kira Madden recalls a harrowing adventure with her parents.
‘Premonitions Are Impossible, and They Come True All the Time’ By Kelly Stout Highlight What if the prediction of your death could bring it about?
The Real Danger on the Promenade By Steffan Triplett Feature After coming out, Steffan Triplett considers rekindling a broken friendship, dancing with danger and mystery in a secluded area on the edge of town.
The Problem with Nature Writing By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The sprawling Los Angeles Metropolitan Area is the best place in America to reassess the way we write and think about the natural world.
How Do You Shepherd If You’ve Never Had a Sheep? By Michelle Weber Highlight “You couldn’t have a particular friendship with a man, because you might end up being homosexual. And you couldn’t have a friendship with a woman, because you might end up falling in love.”
The Reappearing Act By Audrey Olivero Feature In the aftermath of an eating disorder, Audrey Olivero builds a new relationship with her body — through knife-throwing.
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