Stealing From the Dead
Did William Ernest Johnson III steal the homes of the dead by forging notary signatures to transfer ownership and flip them for a profit in Philadelphia neighbohoods ripe for gentrification or is he — as he maintains — a victim too?
How Virginia Woolf Taught Me to Mourn
“I couldn’t shake that crystalline, hyperaware feeling one gets on important occasions—on birthdays, for instance, or on losing one’s virginity. My father is dead, I said to myself, my father is dead. Again and again I said it, and still I failed to grasp what it meant.”
Elegy in Times Square
A personal essay in which Lily Burana, a former teenage peep show girl, looks back on a queer love story that began in New York’s notorious red-light district.
What Falls to Earth
In this personal essay, grieving the mysterious death of her father, Susanna Space seeks refuge in the study of meteors.
Is Chicago’s Legacy of Segregation Causing a Reverse Great Migration?
“Chicago’s population would be increasing if not for the black exodus. How can it be explained?”
A 4-Year-Old Trapped in a Teenager’s Body
Like all the men in his family, Patrick Burleigh carried an extremely rare genetic mutation, which led to “precocious puberty” and a confusing, challenging childhood in which he experienced dramatic physical changes — like pubic hair — as early as age 2.
This 42-year-old boxer has a job at IHOP, two kids, and 11 titles. She isn’t done—yet.
Outside the ring, Nelson is, in the words of her friend and fellow boxer Tyrieshia Douglas, “a nice churchy lady.” She spends half an hour each day reading and discussing Bible verses with her longtime boyfriend. She’s a hugger, a baby nuzzler, a bestower of silly nicknames. Then she enters the ring and something terrifying emerges, something that won’t let her stop punching until she has annihilated the person in the opposite corner.
Why Do the Oscars Keep Falling for Racial Reconciliation Fantasies?
The relationship is entirely conscripted as service and bound by capitalism and the fantastically presumptive leap is, The money doesn’t matter because I like working for you. And if you’re the racist in the relationship: I can’t be horrible because we’re friends now.
‘Nobody Is Going to Believe You’
Director Bryan Singer has been accused of sexual misconduct multiple times throughout the course of his career. A few of his alleged victims have come forward to share their stories. This story was originally set to be published in Esquire, but was killed by Hearst executives for unknown reasons.
Interstate 10: A Personal History
The desert stretch between Tucson and Phoenix is only bland and vacant if you keep your mind closed.
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