Why I Paid Tenfold to Buy Back the Rights for Two of My Books

Kiese Laymon on revision, radical friendship, and community.

Source: LitHub
Published: Nov 10, 2020
Length: 6 minutes (1,728 words)

The Lone Wolf That Was Loved to Death

The question of who killed Takaya, British Columbia’s famous solitary wolf.

Author: Larry Pynn
Source: Hakai Magazine
Published: Oct 27, 2020
Length: 16 minutes (4,194 words)

The Dogs of Gurgaon

“Gurgaon’s relationship with its canine residents is both a symptom, and a result, of how this town, sometimes called India’s ‘Millennium City,’ incubates new ambitions, heinous old inequities, and ecological ruin.”

Source: Fifty Two
Published: Nov 11, 2020
Length: 17 minutes (4,400 words)

The Curse of the Buried Treasure

“Two metal-detector enthusiasts discovered a Viking hoard. It was worth a fortune—but it became a nightmare.”

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Nov 9, 2020
Length: 31 minutes (7,911 words)

The El Paso Experiment

“A public defender’s lonely fight against family separation.”

Source: The Intercept
Published: Nov 1, 2020
Length: 27 minutes (6,900 words)

Motherhood, Metamorphosis

“I do not wish to have not been a parent. But I think it is normal to imagine new existences when the world is crumbling.”

Source: Catapult
Published: Nov 10, 2020
Length: 7 minutes (1,853 words)

Dirty Kitchen

“Far from our barrios, mountains, and islands, we cook, so that we may practice swallowing our undesirable truths, acidic and blood-heavy.”

Published: Nov 11, 2020
Length: 15 minutes (3,865 words)

Trapped Between Pavement and the Pacific

The quest to save a pack of nature’s misfits with bacon, strawberry jam, and a poop-sniffing rescue dog.

Source: Hakai Magazine
Published: Nov 10, 2020
Length: 10 minutes (2,500 words)

The Story of a Face

“How a trans woman found the surgery that could restore her sense of self.”

Source: The Guardian
Published: Nov 10, 2020
Length: 18 minutes (4,691 words)

The Social Media Managers Are Not Okay

“They’re on the front lines of a relentless and overwhelming news cycle that is pushing them to the edge.”

Source: OneZero
Published: Nov 9, 2020
Length: 7 minutes (1,931 words)