Walls and Fences: A Reading List
These reads explore walls and fences as physical borders, but also things we’ve built in our minds.
Cyberchondria: D.I.Y. Diagnosis in Overdrive
In researching his chronic headache on the web, veteran journalist Barry Newman takes a terrifying walk down the Via Dolorosa of digital self-diagnosis.
Take a Hike: Seven Stories About Heading Outdoors
Stories about the outdoors, outdoor apparel, hiking buddies, bodily transformation, body image, abuse and sufferfests.
Letter to an Ex, on the Occasion of His Suicide
In the wake of a troubled ex-lover’s suicide, novelist Masha Hamilton tries to make sense of it in a correspondence to his ghost.
RNC vs. DNC: A Reading List Examining the Conventions
Ten stories examining the Republican and Democratic conventions.
The Case for More Female Cops
Nearly nine out of ten cops are men. Sarah Smarsh discusses the police force’s gender problem and a Wichita woman’s efforts inside the criminal justice system that failed her.
The Mystery of Carl Miller
What if your last name is just the word that comes after your first name?
Unattributed: A Reading List on Plagiarism
Here are six meaty reads on plagiarism: from deep dives into infamous recent cases to essays that question the very possibility of writing that isn’t, to some extent, an act of unattributed borrowing.
Little Government in the Big Woods
Melissa Gilbert’s lost bid for Congress and the forgotten political history of Little House on the Prairie.
Just Like Heaven? Four Stories About Nordic Countries
Why are we Americans so drawn to the Scandinavian Peninsula and beyond? Why do some Republicans speak of Sweden with disdain or horror, whereas left-leaning folks go starry-eyed? Does the recent influx of refugees to these countries mark the beginning of institutionalized xenophobia?