The Streaming Service of the Moment By Carolyn Wells Highlight “So yes, I admit it. I subscribed to Disney+ on the pretext of occupying my kids, but of course – of course – I actually bought it for myself.”
How Margaret Atwood is Passing Time During the Pandemic By Krista Stevens Highlight “I present some of my more bizarre self-isolation activities. You can do some of them at home. Though perhaps you won’t wish to.”
The Bigamist’s Daughter By Robin Antalek Feature Robin Antalek considers the legacy of the man who abandoned her for another family and never looked back.
How A Nonagenarian Insists We Can Avoid The Age of Loneliness By Krista Stevens Highlight “He frames what we don’t know about our planet and what lives on it as a thrilling mystery, an opportunity to learn rather than a problem too daunting or, worse, too late to confront.”
No Time Like the Present By Robert Burke Warren Feature You don’t know what day it is, do you? Robert Burke Warren digs into ‘the Oddball Effect’ and fascinating brain data that may help explain why.
9,000 Seconds, With Only 47 to Spare By Krista Stevens Highlight “As he would later tell me, running was the rare sport where you mostly competed against yourself. You could learn without having to lose.”
Molly and the Unicorn By Emily Flake Feature Emily Flake reflects on the shifting nature of magic and power in middle age.
“All The Best”: Rest Easy, John Prine By Krista Stevens Highlight I wish you love / And happiness / I guess I wish you / All the best
Let’s Not Talk About Estrangement By Krista Stevens Highlight “I’ve always had the sense that my mother’s side of the family is, in fact, diminished by my uncle’s absence. Or at least diminished in their quiet response to it.”
Genius, Interrupted By Krista Stevens Highlight “As the pathological process advanced, it was carving a different person out of Lee’s raw substance.”
Little League, Revisited By Adam Kuhlmann Feature Adam Kuhlmann was outmatched at the 1993 Little League World Series. His 11-year-old nephew helps him to learn from his errors.
Photographing the Collective Experience of Self-Isolation By Krista Stevens Highlight “The photographer hopes his brief visits…can help break the oppressive monotony of a seemingly endless day, stretching on without distractions from the outside world.”
Escaping Coronavirus Lockdown Through a Stranger’s Solitary Walks on YouTube By Aaron Gilbreath Feature Under self-quarantine, Aaron Gilbreath ‘moves’ freely with the help of Rambalac’s video travelogues.
Body of Lies By Deenie Hartzog-Mislock Feature Deenie Hartzog-Mislock confronts a lifetime of body image trauma when her marriage turns south and sexless.
On Dolly Parton and Being Seen By Krista Stevens Highlight “Perhaps I’m taking this too personally, but the idea of being inexplicably drawn to a phenomenon that is ultimately destructive is, well, heartbreaking and uncomfortably relatable.”
On Watching Boys Play Music By Eryn Loeb Feature “With a drink in my hand and earplugs responsibly in place, I’m very aware that I’ve spent more than half my life essentially standing in the same spot: off to one side of the stage (close but not too close), eyes forward, shifting weight from foot to foot.”
Arundhati Roy: 1.3 Billion on Lockdown on Four Hours’ Notice By Krista Stevens Highlight “Whatever it is, coronavirus has made the mighty kneel and brought the world to a halt like nothing else could.”
‘Let’s Reset’: A Career Social Distancer Mends Some Fences By Sari Botton Feature Coronavirus inspires Sari Botton to reach out to family and friends she’s fallen out with.
Shout Out to Myspace By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The site that revolutionized how people released and listened to music has died multiple deaths since its 2003 debut, but it finally gets the eulogy it deserves.
Greta Thunberg: “We Just Have to Care About Each Other More” By Krista Stevens Highlight “It has become a disconcerting pattern for Thunberg appearances: Greta tells the adults they are fools and their plans are lame and shortsighted. They still give her a standing ovation.”
The Messy Making of a Nearly Perfect Hip-Hop Album By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Music as original as Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s sounds evergreen, but originality came with a high personal cost for its maker.
The Danger of Desire By Faylita Hicks Feature Faylita Hicks considers what it means to be a Black nonbinary activist in the age of Trump — and questions how the social justice movement has changed the way they have sex.
“The Beauty of the Moments that Pass Each Day” By Krista Stevens Highlight “Building a relationship is important, because it makes the pictures secondary.”
“Leave Us to Our Peace”: A Pact Made in Love By Krista Stevens Highlight “The way we die is changing. So, too, is the way we think about dying — and about the opportunity, even the right, to die at a time and place of our choosing.”
A Long, Lonely Time By Hannah Seidlitz Feature “It’s strange to think that the Righteous Brothers outlive my mother. Sometimes I pretend they are singing to her.”
Can Sinéad O’Connor Find Peace? By Krista Stevens Highlight “She can be shy and insecure. And yet she didn’t hesitate to stare down the cameras on American television to call out one of the most powerful men in the world.”
‘This Thing Grinds You Like a Mortar’: How Jessica Lustig is Fighting Coronavirus By Krista Stevens Highlight ‘“You shouldn’t stay here,” he says, but he gets more frightened as night comes, dreading the long hours of fever and soaking sweats and shivering and terrible aches.’
Will the Real Dwight Yoakam Please Speak Up By Krista Stevens Highlight “Whether this (continuous deflection) is intentional or not, it’s a good way of avoiding giving too much away.”
The Coastal Shelf By juneameliarose Feature June Amelia Rose remembers coming out in her youth to a turbulent family as her mother died of cancer.
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