As the World Ends, Has the Time for Grieving Arrived?

A poet learns how to deal emotionally with the reality of climate change.

Source: LitHub
Published: Dec 1, 2017
Length: 10 minutes (2,510 words)

The Costume Immigrants Wear

A DREAMer discusses her daily beauty and fashion routine: the clothes she wears to the airport in case she gets screened, the nail polish she wears with a short manicure in case she’s fingerprinted, the waterproof mascara she uses in case she cries.

Source: Elle
Published: Mar 7, 2018
Length: 5 minutes (1,400 words)

The Male Glance

The male glance is what we do to art by women: it’s a look that is quick, it judges, it supposes, and it moves on. It’s what makes art by men serious, and art by women dismissive. “We’ve been hemorrhaging great work for decades,” writes Lili Loofbourow, “partly because we were so bad at seeing it.”

Published: Mar 5, 2018
Length: 23 minutes (5,980 words)

Doomed in Nashville

A personal essay in which, while on a whirlwind book tour, Monica Drake fights to resist the pull of an emotional — and physical — abyss.

Source: Longreads
Published: Mar 5, 2018
Length: 19 minutes (4,778 words)

Ball Breakers

Despite the fact that women have been playing billiards since it became a hobby for European royals in the 15th century, they still have to endure cheap shots from men who can’t resist critiquing their game.

Source: Topic
Published: Mar 1, 2018
Length: 12 minutes (3,166 words)

The Tragedy of the Commons

It’s hard living with other people. It’s also hard to live with a co-living startup that erodes cities’ social fabric while marketing itself as a communal experience.

Author: Zach Webb
Source: The Baffler
Published: Mar 1, 2018
Length: 9 minutes (2,397 words)

The Stuff That Came Between Mom and Me: A Story About Hoarding

In this unsettling personal essay, Susan Fekete describes the minute ways in which her mother’s compulsions add up to an alarmingly dysfunctional whole. What emerges is a startling portrait of a woman who is wildly generous with her possessions — but also totally overcome by them.

Source: Longreads
Published: Mar 7, 2018
Length: 14 minutes (3,541 words)

A ‘Bright Light,’ Dimmed in the Shadows of Homelessness

Nakesha Williams’ promising life was derailed by mental illness. She resisted help from friends, family members, and social workers and died on the street.

Published: Mar 3, 2018
Length: 31 minutes (7,864 words)

The 75-Year (and Counting) Christian Interracial Farm Experiment

Founded in 1942 by a white Baptist minister who preached racial equality, Koinonia Farm in Georgia aimed to empower disadvantaged farmers and create a truly communal economy. Naturally, it struggled for decades to maintain its original vision.

Source: Topic
Published: Feb 26, 2018
Length: 16 minutes (4,020 words)

The Olympian Who Believes He’s Always On TV

An Olympic sailor suffering from Truman Show Disorder attempts to wrest control away from the Director. An excerpt from The Kevin Show: An Olympic Athlete’s Battle with Mental Illness.

Author: Mary Pilon
Source: Bloomsbury
Published: Mar 6, 2018
Length: 15 minutes (3,775 words)