In law school, they told me I wouldn’t be able to read anymore. That the pleasure of the text, like a lover in a non-law degree, would slowly grow opaque to me.
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Harshing the Internet Poet’s Mellow
Instagram poet Collin Andrew Yost got trounced online, but his experience offers a lesson in how to cultivate empathy.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Renee Montagne, Nina Martin, Alex Tizon, Mary Mann, Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, and Andy Newman.
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A Reading List for Mother’s Day
There is no grand unified theory of motherhood. Within every paradigm, mothering may vary a million times over.
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One Novelist Remembers Her Moment
The cover was striking: it showed a syringe. On the back cover one character leaned over a table, snorting cocaine. The calls from radio stations began, the advertising spots, the letters, above all the letters. Girls telling me about their first acid trip. Gay guys who’d been thrown out of their houses. Girls in love […]
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Story
Bending the Straight Line of Queer History
Recent novels by Alan Hollinghurst, John Boyne, and Tim Murphy experiment with the idea of progress over time.
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Lions, Tigers, and a Rabbit Named Bugs: A Reading List on Animal-Human Interactions
What kinds of relationships exist between humans and animals, and what well-intentioned actions from humans bring harm?
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Your Best Work Comes from Scaring Yourself
Essayist Chelsea Hodson had to give herself permission to be uncomfortable.
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Hello, Forgetfulness; Hello, Mother
Peering into the mirror of her mother, Marcia Aldrich wonders whether she too is sentenced to dementia.
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MFA vs. NYC: A Reading List
Poverty and a lack of diversity are just a couple of pitfalls Jacqueline Alnes explores in this list.
