Celebrate Pride: The Importance of LGBTQ History
This Pride series continues with stories and interviews surrounding LGBTQ history in the United States.
Bringing Bach to the Public
A conversation with violinist Michelle Ross, who, for a month, toured New York City playing Bach’s entire solo violin cycle in public spaces.
Celebrate Pride: Stories About LGBTQ Parenthood
This reading list is dedicated to childbirth and/or queer parenthood, focused primarily on the experienced of mothers and non-binary parents.
This Is to Mother You: On Caring for a Toxic Parent in Her Greatest Time of Need
When her challenging, cancer-ridden mother suffers a psychotic break, Jane Demuth searches for the wherewithal to help the person who once demanded the most of her.
A Reading List for the Start of Summer
Stories in preparation for the summer season.
A Liberated Woman: The Story of Margaret King
Inspired by her governess, the radical feminist philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft, Margaret King cast aside her immense privilege, cross-dressed as a man to go to medical school, and inspired a new generation of women to push against the rigid conventions of their era.
‘How We Became a Prison Family’
A new first chapter from author Patricia Engel’s novel, The Veins of the Ocean.
Graduation Day: Five Stories About Commencement
If your commencement speaker disappoints, you can read these beautiful addresses from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ursula K. LeGuin and Joy Ladin.
A Country Verging on Collapse: A Reading List on Venezuela
Five stories about people trying to live amid Venezuela’s instability and chaos, from a manufacturing entrepreneur jailed over toilet paper in his factory’s restrooms to an American attorney killed in a violent robbery.
Unchain My Heart: On the Emotional Effectiveness—and Lingering Sexism—of Jewish Divorce
Sari Botton explores the dark side of a tradition that has for millennia subverted women’s rights.