Life After Life: Offering Dignity to Fellow Prisoners Through Hospice Care By Krista Stevens Highlight On the lowest paid, but perhaps most rewarding job at The California Medical Facility — a medium-security prison in Vacaville, CA.
Margot Kidder: 1948-2018 By Krista Stevens Highlight Margot Kidder passed away at her home in Montana on Sunday, May 13th, 2018 at age 69.
The “Maddening Labyrinth” Aging NFL Players Face for Dementia Compensation By Krista Stevens Highlight George Andrie’s daughter, Mary Brooks, is speaking out against the NFL’s slipshod settlement claims process.
A Motherless Daughter, Mothering By Ashley Abramson Feature An unexpected pregnancy not long after her troubled mother’s passing forces Ashley Abramson to navigate a kind of dual citizenship she couldn’t have anticipated.
But What Will Your Parents Think? By Morgan Jerkins Feature Morgan Jerkins tackles the time-worn question of how far is too far to go in revealing yourself in first-person writing.
But a Novel Will Never Love You Like Your Children Do By Krista Stevens Highlight Does each of your children represent a novel you’ll never write? Michael Chabon is okay with that.
O, Small-bany! Part 1: Spring By Elisa Albert Feature A bygone spring: notes from an adopted hometown.
Of Breakdowns and Breakthroughs By Jenny Aurthur Feature After suicides and heartbreak ravage her family, Jenny Aurthur finds she has no choice but be transformed.
Forgetting the Madeleine By Frances Leech Feature A pastry chef reflects on taste, memory, and literature’s most famous confection.
No Journalist Should Have to Know How to Survive in Prison By Alice Driver Feature After a recent trip to Myanmar, Alice Driver considers the ever-present dangers for journalists there and in Mexico, where she lives.
The Mexican Mafia and the Conspiracy Behind the Tati Torrez Prison Murder By Krista Stevens Highlight Manuel “Tati” Torrez was killed in broad daylight in the prison yard at ADX Florence. But who was really behind it, and why?
It’s Like This and Like That and Like What? By Rebecca Schuman Feature When the nineties’ heart of whiteness met g-funk, it was the illest — and wackest — of times.
This Essay is the Very Pineapple of Writing By Michelle Weber Highlight This is the most important pineapple-themed essay you’ll read today.
The Forever Nomad By Margarita Gokun Silver Feature For an immigrant, losing a home is a given, but Margarita Gokun Silver wonders if never finding one again is also part of the journey.
Chasing Drinks with Lies, and Lies with Drinks By Katie MacBride Feature Katie MacBride recalls her last days using alcohol before getting sober.
How the Lani Kai Island Resort Thrives Under a Never-Ending Spring Break By Krista Stevens Highlight At the Lani Kai Island Resort, owner Bob Conidaris even provides “a cheap all-you-can-eat brunch, because the kids ‘do not eat! They mostly want to drink. I want them to get at least one good meal.'”
Gabrielle Bellot on Reclaiming Her Womanhood By Krista Stevens Highlight In this intimate and moving essay, Gabrielle Bellot decides she needs to stop allowing others to define her.
Finding the Soundtrack to My Desert Life By Aaron Gilbreath Feature In the ’90s, discovering the music of Friends of Dean Martinez helped Aaron Gilbreath stop running and appreciate life in his native Arizona.
Want Your Husband to Stay True? Kill a Hummingbird and Roll it in Oil and Honey By Krista Stevens Highlight People are capturing and killing hummingbirds for cockamamie love potions, and Mexico doesn’t seem to care.
The Apology Tour By Jonny Auping Feature Writer Jonny Auping tracks down people he’s wronged in the past to say he’s sorry.
To Hug, or Not to Hug? By Emily Meg Weinstein Feature Emily Meg Weinstein considers the complexities of meeting and greeting in this #MeToo moment.
How to (Almost) Get Away With Murder By Krista Stevens Highlight No one twigged that whenever a member of the Harrison family died, it was always just before an important hearing in a bitter child custody battle.
The Changeling By Alexander Chee Feature Alexander Chee considers the ways in which answering the question, “What are you?” turned him into a writer.
A Farewell to Fuckboys in the Age of Consent Culture By Minda Honey Feature Minda Honey explores the long unraveling of a #MeToo moment in the wake of cultural upheaval.
Sober Gay Man Seeks…What, Exactly, He’s No Longer Sure By Larry Ruhl Feature A survivor of childhood sexual abuse now in recovery, Larry Ruhl finds himself adrift in the age of hookup apps.
Women and the War on Wrinkles By Krista Stevens Highlight As women age, they lose their “pretty privilege.” As men age, they just get more powerful. Chelsea G. Summers examines the imbalance.
Rules for Departure By Rachel Z. Arndt Feature While hitching a ride to a week-long bike tour, Rachel Z. Arndt considers the rituals of leaving — and making a clean break.
Junot Diaz on The Legacy of Childhood Trauma By Krista Stevens Highlight Junot Diaz suffered for years after being raped by a trusted adult at age 8.
Leslie Jamison Fesses Up By Krista Stevens Highlight Leslie Jamison reveals the role lying has played in her life.
“99 Luftballons” and the Grim Fairy Tales of ’80s West Germany By Ben Huberman Highlight On storytelling in the shadow of Chernobyl, U.S. military planes, and not-so-distant German history.
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