Eleven women writers on this apocryphal publishing milestone.
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How the Cosby Story Finally Went Viral — And Why It Took So Long
A journalist who reported on the accusations long before they went viral wonders, “What kind of profession am I in, where stories have no logical reason for unfolding?”
Posted inCrime, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Anyone’s Son
Cody Dalton Eyre, a 20-year-old Alaskan Native, was having a mental health crisis on Christmas Eve, 2017 when his mother called 911 for help. So why did police officers end up shooting and killing him?
Posted inNonfiction
House of the Century
Daisy Alioto reconsiders the nature of architecture while researching window alarms.
Posted inNonfiction
Self Portrait as a Human Interest Story
Reflecting on the adversities and victories of her youth, Emi Nietfeld interrogates how narratives of resilience minimize suffering.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Welcome to Refugee High
Chicago Magazine writer Elly Fishman spent several months at Sullivan High School in Chicago, where 40 languages are spoken, 35 countries are represented, nearly half of the students were born outside of the U.S. and 89 of the students accepted this year were refugees. Fishman’s story offers both a snapshot into the experiences of these […]
Posted inReading List
Alternative Reality: ‘Dark Window’
Read about the inclusive beauty of Charleston’s defunct Garden and Gun Club and more, in this installment of the alt weekly reading list.
Posted inArts & Culture, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Where Have All the Music Magazines Gone?
Inside music journalism post-2008 recession, and how media consumption in the 21st century offers a road map for the continuation of the once-robust medium.
Posted inBooks, Business & Tech, Nonfiction, Story, Technology
We Could Have Had Electric Cars from the Very Beginning
Early electric cars performed better in cities than internal combustion vehicles, but didn’t give riders the same illusion of freedom and masculine derring-do.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Story
American Dirt: A Bridge to Nowhere
“Jeanine Cummins can write about Mexico — but she will be judged on whether her writing actually captures the experiential and emotional and ethical complexity of that place, and she will be judged with extra care because she is an outsider.”
