Love, Identity, and Genderqueer Family Making
Maggie Nelson blends memoir and critical theory to explore the meaning and limitations of language, love, and gender in this excerpt from “The Argonauts.”.
Gentrification and Historic Preservation in LA’s ‘Black Beverly Hills’
Long known as the Black Beverly Hills, Los Angeles’s View Park park neighborhood is a symbol of African American success. A recent effort to put the neighborhood on the National Register of Historic Places has blown up into a contentious fight, with some residents seeing the designation as a ploy to lure white buyers.
On Our Fascination with Twins
A brief history of twins in literature.
How Not to Be Elizabeth Gilbert
Jessa Crispin on the canon of female travel writers.
What’s In a Name?
Heather Matarazzo reflects on a childhood search for her biological parents, and a tense confrontation with her mother that followed.
Cleveland Wants to Make Sure the Next Wright Brothers Come From the Rust Belt
Could the Rust Belt be the Silicon Valley of hardware?
Go to Sleep
Homeless and searching for a bus driver named Mr. Wonderful: An award-winning 2005 Washington Post story by DeNeen L. Brown.
You Just Got Out of Prison. Now What?
Mooallem follows two ex-convicts who pick up inmates the day they are released and help then navigate through their first day of freedom.
The Romantic Comedy Spectrum: A Reading List
Here, are a handful of stories centering on the creators and aficionados of the romantic comedy.
The Zankou Chicken Murders
In the April 2008 issue of Los Angeles magazine reporter Mark Arax wrote about Los Angeles’ beloved Zankou Chicken chain, and how one owner tore the founding family apart by murdering two of its members and killing himself. The story is a compelling mix of family dynamics, fast food and the complex American dream.
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