The world is full of make-believe. Some of it is sweet, some of it is sick. It persists because we have found no other antidote for pain.
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Posted inCulture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
On Racism and Epithets
Essaying on the way white supremacy shapes life.
Posted inCulture, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
“This Is the Glittering Fringe”: On Drag Inclusivity at the Rosemont
‘“The drag here is messy, not vanilla,’ one regular tells me over the din. He sips his drink and settles on a word. ‘Genuine.'”
Posted inStory
“We’re All Still Cooking…Still Raw at the Core”: An Interview with Jacqueline Woodson
“When I look at that dress and how much intention went into the making of it…it’s like we want to have something that can’t be destroyed, because so much of the past has been destroyed…”
Posted inNonfiction
“Do You Get Shit for Your Name?”
When your name is Osama and you’re living in post-9/11 America, you always know The Question is coming.
Posted inNonfiction
What Didn’t Kill Her
Bernice L. McFadden ruminates on all the things her mother has endured only to find herself spending her golden years in the midst of a deadly plague and state-sanctioned racism.
Posted inSports, Uncategorized
The Importance of Sports When Nothing Else Seems to Matter
No ‘One Shining Moment,’ no Bill Raftery, no Cinderellas. How one writer feels lost without March Madness.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Purging the Unhealthy Value System of the American Literary World
It’s time writers free themselves from concepts like “break out books” and “making it.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Battle of Grace Church
What happened when Brooklyn’s oldest nursery school decided to become less old-fashioned? A riot among the one percent.
