‘Indigenous Writing Is Going To Continue To Set The Bar For Literary Excellence’: An Interview With Alicia Elliott And Arielle Twist

“Terese Marie Mailhot interviews Alicia Elliott and Arielle Twist about some recent triumphs in Indigenous literature — and about other triumphs still to come.”

Published: Aug 13, 2019
Length: 8 minutes (2,037 words)

The Rat Spill

“A tiny Alaskan island faces a threat as deadly as an oil spill — rats.”

Source: Hakai Magazine
Published: Aug 13, 2019
Length: 17 minutes (4,400 words)

Three Years Of Misery Inside Google, The Happiest Company In Tech

“Sexual harassment. Hate speech. Employee walkouts. The Silicon Valley giant is trapped in a war against itself. And there’s no end in sight.”

Source: Wired
Published: Aug 13, 2019
Length: 45 minutes (11,481 words)

Beyond the Levee

The land called Big Island, Mississippi, is populated by tall tales about a murderous, moonshining frontiersman name Perry Martin, but the stories and thick woods that still cover this land preserve its old world magic. That’s what keeps one camper coming back.

Source: Oxford American
Published: Jun 11, 2019
Length: 8 minutes (2,009 words)

The Truth About Wanting to Die

“Personal experience has made me more invested in addressing the gross inequities depression exacerbates, in hammering home the human, societal, economic costs. The depth of depression’s debilitation and our reprehensible failure to address it consume me because I’m there, spending days paralyzed and nights wracked because my meds aren’t good enough.”

Source: The Walrus
Published: Aug 7, 2019
Length: 19 minutes (4,913 words)

Queering Barbie

“A good thing about owning Barbies if you’re a little queer girl is that you can look at their naked bodies and not feel like anyone will say anything weird to you for it.”

Source: BuzzFeed
Published: Aug 12, 2019
Length: 8 minutes (2,029 words)

To Cheat and Lie in L.A.: How the College-Admissions Scandal Ensnared the Richest Families in Southern California

Presenting themselves as model, enviable parents only made their fall harder, and more enjoyable for spectators. It’s a shame they took their kids down with them.

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Jul 31, 2019
Length: 24 minutes (6,124 words)

Whiteness On the Couch

Clinical psychologist Natasha Stovall looks at the vast spectrum of white people problems, and why we never talk about them in therapy.

Source: Longreads
Published: Aug 12, 2019
Length: 28 minutes (7,061 words)

This Is the Beginning of the End of the Beef Industry

Grossly inefficient and often just gross, beef looks increasingly antiquated as alternative meats keep improving.

Source: Outside
Published: Jul 31, 2019
Length: 9 minutes (2,492 words)

When Friendship Fades But the Images Linger

Eryn Loeb looks back on a summer spent taking pictures, and a friend she lost touch with.

Author: Eryn Loeb
Source: Longreads
Published: Aug 9, 2019
Length: 14 minutes (3,579 words)