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Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
My Date with Hollywood
Monica Drake recalls a brush with fame, when a famous actress took an interest in making a movie from her novel.
Posted inArts & Culture, Crime, Nonfiction, Story, Writing
The Death Row Book Club
When Anthony Ray Hinton was sentenced to death for two murders he didn’t commit, he used his time to create a book club for death row inmates.
Posted inBooks, First Chapters, History, Story
The Woman Who Smashed Codes: America’s Secret Weapon in World War II
How “know-nothings” Elizebeth Smith Friedman and William F. Friedman became the greatest codebreakers of their era.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction
My Date with Hollywood
Monica Drake recalls a brush with fame, when a famous actress took an interest in making a movie from her novel.
Posted ininvestigations, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
This Is How a Woman Is Erased From Her Job
After taking over from George Plimpton, Brigid Hughes was pushed out as the editor of The Paris Review and omitted from the magazine’s history.
Posted inNonfiction
The Religion No One Talks About: My Search For Answers in an Old Caribbean Faith
Writer Sarah Betancourt explores her connections to Espiritismo and Santeria.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story
The True Story of Refugees in an American High School
The politics of immigration ignores the reality: a classroom of young people adjusting to life in the United States, and a teacher driven to help.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
La Otra
When a woman and her daughter moved in next door, Jaquira DÃaz found her world was suddenly turned upside down.
Posted inStory, Travel
Is This the Most Crowded Island in the World? (And Why That Question Matters)
An amateur geographer travels to an undocumented island off the coast of Haiti after stumbling upon it on Google Earth.
