Privately made records enjoy a cult following among collectors, but few are as legendary as Donnie and Joe Emerson’s 1979 LP Dreamin’ Wild.
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Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About
Michele Filgate reflects on her teen years with an abusive stepfather and a mother whose silence protected him.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story
Old In Art School
At 64, Nell Painter left a secure teaching position and went back to school to study art.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Cherokee Artist Jimmie Durham: Not Cherokee
The work of artist Jimmie Durham relies heavily on Native American themes. Durham is not Native American.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Rise And Fall (And Rise) Of ‘Marines United’
Marines United, a private Facebook group for vets and active military personnel that shared revenge porn and rape threats between news stories and image macros, was reported again and again for violating community standards. But like a many-headed-hydra, every time it was killed it would rise up again.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
O, Small-bany! Part 2: Winter
Notes from an awful winter.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
Behind The Writing: On Interviewing
In her first column on craft, Sarah Menkedick speaks with Sarah Smarsh, Lauren Markham, and Jennifer Percy on the art of the interview.
Posted inCrime, Nonfiction, Story
The Bungled Bank Robbery That Ended in a Landmark Legal Ruling
In 1958, John Leo Brady got his lover pregnant and decided to stick up a bank to fund a new life. It ended with a murder, a Supreme Court case, and the formation of the Brady rule.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Food, Nonfiction, Quotes
Viral, Yet Ephemeral: Death On Your Cellphone
China’s WeChat app has become a place to both mourn death and share graphic videos of the moment itself.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Inside Facebook’s (Totally Insane, Unintentionally Gigantic, Hyperpartisan) Political-Media Machine
John Herrman meets the social media marketers whose political memes are taking over Facebook.
