On showing, telling, and finding one’s way as a literary writer of color.
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Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Standout, Story
Bundyville Chapter One: A War in the Desert
Cliven Bundy and his sons led two armed standoffs against the federal government and beat them twice in court. The Bundys and their supporters see themselves as Patriots fighting government overreach. Others see them as domestic terrorists rallying extremists and conspiracy theorists to their side. What is the truth?
Posted inFeature
Ugly, Bitter, and True
After years of feeling hopeless and barely human, one talented writer manages to find her will to live.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Growing Up Around Funeral Homes Didn’t Prepare Me for Death
As the daughter of a funeral director, Jodie Briggs thought she knew all about death. Then her dad almost died.
Posted inNonfiction
Sex Workers vs. The Internet
Since the dawn of the internet, online platforms have allowed clients to take advantage of sex workers. Now, they’re fighting back.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
Sex Workers vs. The Internet
Since the dawn of the internet, online platforms have allowed clients to take advantage of sex workers. Now, they’re fighting back.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction
The Changeling
Alexander Chee considers the ways in which answering the question, “What are you?” turned him into a writer.
Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction, Story
When Sartre and Beauvoir Started a Magazine
In 1945, Les Temps modernes shocked the world with its pessimism and grim determination, and catapulted its founders into intellectual superstardom.
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
An Elegy for Bette Howland, a Writer Who Was Nearly Forgotten
On the passing of a MacArthur Genius forgotten for decades, re-discovered by ‘A Public Space’ editor Brigid Hughes.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Unattributed: A Reading List on Plagiarism
In the internet age, plagiarizing has become easier to detect—and harder to resist.
