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On Being an Ill Woman: A Reading List of Doctors’ Dismissal and Disbelief
Eight stories of being ill and being dismissed by the medical establishment.
Posted inNonfiction
In the Country of Women
Amid badass women and endless stories, a young California writer comes of age in the orange groves as the Golden State comes into its own.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Bumpy Ride: Why America’s Roads Are in Tatters
“Roads symbolize one of the fundamental contracts between a government and its citizens,” Dale Maharidge reports in Harper’s Magazine, with support from the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. “If the roads are failing, it means government is failing.”
Posted inNonfiction
Nashville contra Jaws, 1975
In their time, “Jaws” and “Nashville” were regarded as Watergate films, and both were in production as the Watergate disaster played its final act.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Reach Out and Touch Faith
On venerating Uncle Vincent and the saints who can never be saints.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Roxane Gay, Katherine Heiny, Alexandra Starr, Dionne Searcey, and Anna Silman.
Posted inCurrent Events, Story, Unapologetic Women
The Denial Diaries: On #MeToo Men With No Self-Awareness
In a good story, a character suffers, changes, and grows. In real life, women suffer while men double down on their delusions of virtue.
Posted inNonfiction
Does the Woman in the Painting Have a Secret?
In the wake of her mother’s passing, Dylan Landis wrestles with unanswered questions about love and art, and imagines different possibilities of what could have been.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes, Uncategorized
Are Arizona’s Defunded Public Schools the Future of American Education?
Arizona’s struggling public schools offer a glimpse of what America’s public schools might look like under Betsy DeVos’ national voucher program.
