All that Was Innocent and Violent: Girlhood in Post-Revolution Iran By Naz Riahi Feature Naz Riahi recalls her vibrant childhood in a suburb of Tehran, and considers how the harsh realities imposed by the still new Islamic Republic seeped into her family’s life.
Bowen Yang is Simply Awesome By Krista Stevens Highlight “My dad every now and then will toe that line and be like, You could try women!” says Bowen, laughing. “And I’m like…Don’t. It’s almost an endearing kind of homophobia, if such a thing exists.”
The Strange and Dangerous World of America’s Big Cat People By Rachel Nuwer Feature A headline-grabbing murder-for-hire plot helped expose the dark side of exotic animal ownership in the U.S. Is there now enough momentum to reform the industry?
An Unenviable Week of Firsts in Seattle Under COVID-19 By Krista Stevens Highlight “We didn’t know it yet, but we were living in a kind of laboratory of the country’s future. We were the first.”
Did the United States Booby-Trap a Vital Soviet Gas Pipeline? By Krista Stevens Highlight “Weiss…a subtle, under-the-radar bureaucrat who fought his country’s adversaries with red tape and a headful of contrarian ideas. I understood him as a man whose entire life was secrets. “
When Time Costs Too Much By Carolyn Wells Highlight If you are the family breadwinner, how do you calculate the value of time with your children?
What Do We Do With Feelings Now That They Don’t Matter Anymore? By Sarah Miller Feature Sarah Miller thinks about climate change and other current horrors, and what it’s like just being sad forever.
Life Advice from Jazz Genius Sonny Rollins By Krista Stevens Highlight “Live your life now in a positive way. Help people if you can. Don’t hurt people. That works perfectly for me, man.”
The Consequences of Surviving By Carolyn Wells Highlight “As medicine advances, we have more survivors. But those survivors carry trauma to their graves.”
Mowing the Lawn to Map the Ocean Floor, One Long, Slow Pass at a Time By Krista Stevens Highlight “The thinking is that fleets of tireless, automated, uncrewed vehicles could one day criss-cross our waters, making maps where humans can’t or won’t.”
Some Inland California History Begins with an Orange By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Even as California’s Inland Empire loses its citrus industry to urbanization, urbanites can still keep social ties by planting fruit trees in their yards.
Is the Weekly Shop Good For You? By Carolyn Wells Highlight Trudging to the grocery store to laden up with milk and toilet roll may seem like a chore, but does it improve your health?
The Man Who Lived in a Hole in Hampstead Heath By Krista Stevens Highlight “He knew there were a lot of people just like him, irregularly employed, regulars in pubs, the owners of passports and phones and all the right charger leads, only with nowhere stable to live.”
“Follow Along,” or How to Learn Flamenco Guitar with a Tocaora By Krista Stevens Highlight “Before he died a few years later, my father told me there were almost no tocaoras — female flamenco guitarists — in the world. If I kept practicing, he said, I could be one of the first.”
How I Got My Shrink Back By Susan Shapiro Feature An entanglement with her shrink-stalking protege teaches Susan Shapiro something about forgiveness.
In Hot Pursuit of STS-50, High Seas Scofflaw By Krista Stevens Highlight What’s in the hold, captain? Oh nothing, just tonnes upon tonnes of illegal Chilean bass — nothing to see here!
How a Mom Penetrated the Pen to Hack the Warden’s Computer By Krista Stevens Highlight Rita Strand, age 58, posed as a health inspector and got unrestricted access to South Dakota prison.
Margery Kempe: Patron Saint of Writing Moms By Krista Stevens Highlight “Having children has simultaneously fried my brain and made it sharper and more focused.”
If Miscarriage is So Normal, Why Doesn’t Anybody Talk About It? By Anna Lea Hand Feature When she loses a pregnancy, Anna Lea Hand searches in vain for vital advice and information.
How a Hurricane’s Trailing Winds Retold Willie Earle’s 1947 Mass Lynching By Krista Stevens Highlight “Even with a preponderance of evidence and testimonies, every man on trial got away with murder. This fact was not front-page news but tucked beneath odd stories called ‘Flashes of Life.'”
Apocalypse Now? Now? How About Now? By Krista Stevens Highlight “And yet I am also, in the darkest corners of my heart, a doomsday prepper myself.”
‘What’s this guy doing loose in Malheur County?’ By Michelle Weber Highlight He faked an insanity defense, got out, and immediately committed another crime, and this time people are dead. He’s going to plead insanity again.
Can Mickey Mouse Coexist with Bears, Panthers, and Alligators? By Krista Stevens Highlight “The treasures of wild Florida — landscapes, waterways, flora, and fauna — will soon disappear without drastic efforts to save them.”
Soli/dairy/ty By Liza Monroy Feature As a nursing mother newly exposed to the harsh realities of milk production, Liza Monroy reconsiders the dairy cow, and questions the meaning of compassion.
Sight and Insight By Liane Kupferberg Carter Feature After a childhood filled with intrusive medical interventions for misaligned eyes, Liane Kupferberg Carter wrestles with learning to see herself and others clearly.
House of the Century By Daisy Alioto Feature Daisy Alioto reconsiders the nature of architecture while researching window alarms.
A Tribute to Lynn Cohen, 1933-2020 By Catherine Cusick Commentary New York character actress Lynn Cohen died on Valentine’s Day 2020, survived by an extended family of friends and collaborators.
Postcard from the (Literal) Edge By Longreads Feature In an excerpt from her recovery memoir, Erin Khar recalls the depths of her self-destruction as a heroin addict.
Finding Answers about Life and Love in the Mountain Death Zone By Krista Stevens Highlight “There’s no reflective surfaces when you’re climbing. You’re just who you are.”
Black America Unwittingly Provided the Soundtrack to Its Own Displacement By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight American music may be Black music, but it has now become the music of displacement.
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