Full Disclosure: A Reading List About Confessions
In these six stories, a drunk driver confesses via viral video, an ex-Catholic returns to confession, a high-school cheater reveals her indiscretions, and more.
The Shaming of the Cherry Sisters
How “vaudeville’s worst act” fought for fame and respect on the stage.
The Care and Keeping of Notebooks: A Reading List
Six stories about notebooks and note-taking from David Sax, Belle Boggs, Joan Didion, and more.
A Reading List About Utopias
Here are five stories about utopian societies.
Ruback
A newspaper journalist’s attempt to correct the record.
Dancing Naked in Public
A conversation on art with critic Jerry Saltz.
We Need to Talk About Money: Seven Stories About Personal Finance
Honest discussions about income, rent, budgets, taxes—all that stuff—force us to reckon with our privilege. For so long, conversations about money were considered gauche. With every essay and podcast episode, that taboo is broken down.
STAT
Is there a dietary treatment for multiple sclerosis? And if so, why is the medical establishment ignoring published academic research that started in the 1950s proving it?
Girlhood Gone: Notes from the New Nashville
After returning home to Nashville following many years away, Susannah Felts assesses the city’s changing face through the eyes of a native, and as a woman raised in the South.
All Hail the Queen: Five Stories About Pageants
In this list, you’ll find stories about drag royalty, the price of the perfect Western wardrobe, the perils of butt glue, and more.