Catherine Texier pushes back against society’s dated ideas about older women, claiming her place among those who are determined to remain vibrant and relevant in the last decades of their lives.
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Posted inArts & Culture, Commentary, Nonfiction, Story
Remembering Singer Nancy Wilson
The influential singer’s voice cut across genres and decades, and it will continue to.
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2017: All of Our No. 1 Story Picks
Here’s every story that was chosen as No. 1 in our weekly Top 5 email.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story
Why Karen Carpenter Matters
For one brown, queer Filipino-American, Karen Carpenters’ music anchored her to her musical family’s past while helping chart her path in their adopted Southern California.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
Go, L’il Birb! The First Plover in Los Angeles in 70 Years
Can humans coexist on the beaches of Santa Monica along with wildlife? A beach “rewilding” project aims to find out.
Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Reading List
A Thereness Beneath the Thereness: A Jonathan Gold Reading List
Until his passing in late July, Jonathan Gold celebrated food for decades in publications such as LA Weekly and The Los Angeles Times.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story
The Manhandling of Rock ‘N’ Roll History
Less than 8 percent of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s inductees are women. Time for it to step up and induct an all-female class in 2020.
Posted inNonfiction
‘They Happen To Be Our Neighbors Across the Span of a Century, But They’re Our Neighbors.’
One hundred summers ago, black Chicagoans were terrorized by whites during the Red Summer. Poet Eve Ewing talks about reaching out to her neighbors across time in “1919.”
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
In My Own Voice, Redefining Success and Failure
Lauren DePino looks back at her ambitions as a singer, and re-evaluates the rejections she once allowed to define her.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
In My Own Voice, Redefining Success and Failure
Lauren DePino looks back at her ambitions as a singer, and re-evaluates the rejections she once allowed to define her.
