Seth Davis Branitz had an awful suspicion he’d feel relieved when, some day, his very troubled brother would pass. He had no idea about the other ends it would rapidly bring with it.
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Posted inNonfiction, Sports, Story
How the NBA Failed Royce White
He was compared to basketball superstars like Charles Barkley and LeBron James. But without comprehensive mental health treatment, Royce White found himself fighting for a new cause.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Salt, Sugar, Fat, Repeat: A Reading List on Restaurant Chains
On regionality, class, and culture, from Waffle House to the Cheesecake Factory.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction
A Shot in the Arm
Why would a tenure-track professor find himself selling his plasma to make rent? A story about debt in the academic world.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Thank You, Jon Gnagy: An Appreciation of a Predecessor to Bob Ross
Ned Stuckey-French reflects on the host of Learn to Draw, the “middlebrow” instructional art show he loved as a kid.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Feature, Nonfiction
How David Bowie Came Out As Gay (And What He Meant By It)
David Bowie came out as gay in an interview with Melody Maker magazine in 1972, and it was the closet door heard ’round the world. But what did he mean by it?
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story
A Portrait of the Artist as an Undocumented Immigrant
A Mexican writer recalls undocumented life at a restaurant in New York and as a nanny in Connecticut.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction
Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London
How women writers and artists, from Virginia Woolf to Sophie Calle, found inspiration and freedom by navigating cities on foot.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
Pregnant, then Ruptured
After an emergency operation, Joanna Petrone considers the medical advances and legal protections that allow women to survive ectopic pregnancies.
Posted inBooks, Fiction
Excerpt: ‘The Red Car’ by Marcy Dermansky
“The car had upset me. Judy had found a parking space right in front of the restaurant and I could see the red car from our table. Taunting me.”
