The House on Mayo Road By Dure Amna Feature Dur e Aziz Amna considers the year in Pakistan when everything changed.
We Could Fell a Redwood Forest With This Anger By Michelle Weber Highlight Sometimes, the only way to vent your rage so you can be a useful member of society is with an axe.
Consider Who Can Afford the Oyster By Michelle Weber Highlight If the personal is political, then food is political — and food writing should be, too.
The Chance of a Lifetime By Krista Stevens Highlight If you had one chance at the adventure of a lifetime, would you go despite the dangers?
Re: Hate Mail By Amy Kurzweil Feature After receiving a string of menacing emails, Amy Kurzweil wonders: Can she safely extend a writer’s empathy to men who harass her on the internet?
She Kept Every Letter By Krista Stevens Highlight “It is so essential to morale that army and navy officers of the highest rank list mail almost on a level with munitions and food.”
Falling for My Booty Call By Sarah Kasbeer Feature Sarah Kasbeer reflects on a history of hookups — and why they left her cold.
Partners in Crime: The Life, Loves & Nuyorican Noir of Jerry Rodriguez By Michael Gonzales Feature Michael Gonzales remembers a real friendship and the makings of a brutal crime novel.
Working to Preserve Traditional Gospel Music By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight With approximately 75 percent of golden age gospel music lost, the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project is trying to save what’s left.
Paks 1918: A Pogrom and a Prelude By Howard Lovy Feature Howard Lovy retells his grandfather’s childhood accounts of anti-Jewish violence and blood libel in pre-Holocaust Hungary.
How the U.S. Systematically Puts Black Farmers Out of Business By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight How America stacks the deck against black farmers.
A Confederacy of (Dangerous) Dunces By Sari Botton Highlight Rebecca Solnit argues that the American Confederacy lives on, with Donald Trump at the helm.
PFAS, Cancer, 3M, and a Coverup that’s Decades Old By Krista Stevens Highlight It’s long past time to ditch your Teflon pans.
The Resplendent Photography of Carrie Mae Weems By Danielle Jackson Highlight Carrie Mae Weems may be our best contemporary photographer.
The Secrets We Keep By Deena ElGenaidi Feature Deena ElGenaidi takes stock of the truths she and her Muslim family members hide from one another.
Elena Ferrante and the “My Brilliant Friend” Adaptation for HBO By Danielle Jackson Highlight Merve Emre interviews Elena Ferrante about an upcoming HBO adaptation of her novel, “My Brilliant Friend.”
Remembering Ntozake Shange By Danielle Jackson Commentary The poet, novelist, and playwright Ntozake Shange died Saturday, October 27.
Theater of Forgiveness By Hafizah Geter Feature Hafizah Geter contemplates the personal and cultural legacy of violence against Black bodies.
The Minefield of Facebook Support Groups By Krista Stevens Highlight If you’re going on Facebook to join a support group, be wary of trolls and those who want to profit from your misfortune.
A Burger Made of Money By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Portland’s most successful restauranteur doesn’t care about your fancy, fresh-picked, locally sourced garden ingredients. He cooks for $$$.
Searching for Insights from Her Father’s Delusions By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight When a journalist tries to understand her father’s claims of CIA surveillance, she learns to see her digital world in a very different light.
Dress You Up in My Love By Doree Shafrir Feature Doree Shafrir reflects on how Halloween changed for her after struggling with infertility.
When Your Child’s Life Depends on it By Krista Stevens Highlight Amber Olsen needs to raise one million additional dollars to fund life-saving research for her daughter, Willow.
The First Time I Moved to New York By Alexander Chee Feature The fantasies Alexander Chee had of New York before he moved there didn’t fully prepare him for what it was like to love the city.
On Blackface, Bert Williams, and Excellence By Danielle Jackson Commentary A complicated racial anxiety rests at the heart of American entertainment.
The Boy Who Wasn’t My Boyfriend By Allie Zenwirth Feature Allie Zenwirth falls in love within the confines of an all-male Chasidic school.
Who Killed Canada’s Pharmaceutical Giants? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The investigation into the murder of two Canadian pharmaceutical giants remains inconclusive.
When a Missing Nickel Makes All the Difference By Krista Stevens Highlight “Yet money was a lie—pieces of paper and metal suggesting prices for goods, services, labor, and human beings themselves in a way that often had more to do with profit than with true value.”
How to Burn a Book By Longreads Feature In an excerpt from ‘The Library Book’ — inspired by a historic California library fire — Susan Orlean challenges her respect for the printed word with a match and a copy of ‘Fahrenheit 451.’
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