As a teen, Jabeen Akhtar discovered that trying to be an exceptional immigrant can make you do stupid things.
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Clocking Out
Can we imagine an economy built for free time?
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My Brother Comes to Moscow
‘We had had many arguments, but he was my brother; he had always been my brother.’
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Queens of Infamy: Joanna of Naples
If you thought four (mostly) crappy husbands, vengeful Hungarian cousins, and the Black Death could cramp this queen’s style, think again.
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La Otra
When a woman and her daughter moved in next door, Jaquira Díaz found her world was suddenly turned upside down.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Fly Fishing With Your Father
It was the place he came to feel wild, and I was ready to trespass into the world of men.
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Wrestling With My Father
Brian Gresko considers the lingering consequences when the only touches between father and son are abusive ones.
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Queens of Infamy: Anne Boleyn
In Tudor England’s big-sleeved game of thrones, winning and dying were not mutually exclusive.
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Forgetting the Madeleine
A pastry chef reflects on taste, memory, and literature’s most famous confection.
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The Known Unknown: Tales of the Yucca Man
The desert has its own version of Sasquatch, and it’s just as smelly and hairy.