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Nonfiction, Reading List

What Burns Within Us: Five Stories About Fire

by Emily Perper January 11, 2015October 19, 2022

Here are five pieces on fire-eaters, firefighters, fire-walkers and fire-growers.

Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews

Interview: ‘Poor Teeth’ Writer Sarah Smarsh on Class and Journalism

by juliawick November 7, 2014October 19, 2022

“There often is a ‘tone’ in writing about the poor. There is a presumption that people of a certain class are mired in misery.”

Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

Interview: ‘Poor Teeth’ Writer Sarah Smarsh on Class and Journalism

by juliawick November 7, 2014October 19, 2022

“There often is a ‘tone’ in writing about the poor. There is a presumption that people of a certain class are mired in misery.”

Nonfiction, Reading List

Cats and Their People: A Reading List

by Emily Perper August 10, 2014October 19, 2022

Three stories about our relationship with cats.

Reading List

The Intersection Between Religion and Mental Health: A Reading List

by Emily Perper October 19, 2014October 19, 2022

This week, I’ve compiled four pieces about the intersection of religion, mental illness, safe spaces and alternative caregiving.

Nonfiction, Quotes

What Would Happen If We Lived on Mars

by heymarkarms October 1, 2014October 19, 2022

Cabin fever might set in quickly on Mars, and it might be contagious. Quarters would be tight. Governments would be fragile. Reinforcements would be seven months away. Colonies might descend into civil war, anarchy or even cannibalism, given the potential for scarcity. US colonies from Roanoke to Jamestown suffered similar social breakdowns, in environments that were Edenic by comparison. Some individuals might be able to endure these conditions for decades, or longer, but Musk told me he would need a million people to form a sustainable, genetically diverse civilisation.