On the Battle Lost: Nobel Lecture by Svetlana Alexievich
“I do not stand alone at this podium … There are voices around me, hundreds of voices.” A moving speech by Svetlana Alexievich, 2015 Nobel Prize winner for Literature.
Life as a Reverse Immigrant
Despite having been born and raised in Canada, when Andrea Yu moved to Hong Kong she was in a sense going home. Her mother had immigrated from Hong Kong thirty-three years before, making Yu one participant in a growing trend: second-generation reverse migration.
Parenting While Homeless
A profile of a family struggling to raise four kids in a Baltimore shelter.
The Astonishing Power of YouNow
Teens are gaining a huge following—and making money—on a little-known video streaming network.
Suddenly Seymour Disappeared
Meet Seymour Britchky, the New York City food critic who time forgot.
The Scandalous Legacy of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Collector of Art and Men
Isabella “is not a woman, she is a locomotive—with a Pullman car attached,” Henry James once remarked. Lyz Lenz investigates the woman behind the eponymous Boston museum.
Unpregnant: The silent, secret grief of miscarriage
Alexandra Kimball on the isolation of suffering a miscarriage, and the missing language of grieving this loss.
Being a Girl: A Brief Personal History of Violence
Anne Thériault traces a lifetime of gendered violence, assault, harassment, and threats starting at age six in this brutal but important read.
The Ties That Bind Jihadists
Most scholars of radical Islam focus on doctrine, military tactics, and political statements. However, a small but growing number of academics have turned their research to the seemingly mundane but rich field of jihadist culture, exploring everything from dreams and jokes to poetry.
Blues on Wheels
Screams, threats, lies, labor violations, and dog attacks—a writer experiences it all after becoming a carrier for the United States Postal Service.
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