“Love is as love does. Love is an act of will-namely both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love.” An essay from Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations.
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The Man Who Held His Breath for 24 Minutes
“After his daughter’s diagnosis, Budimir Šobat gave up drinking and devoted himself to her care. Years later, he found a new obsession: holding his breath longer than anyone in history.”
To Catch a Catfish
“How one detective took on an international network of romance fraudsters.”
Crying Myself to Sleep on the Biggest Cruise Ship Ever
“Seven agonizing nights aboard the Icon of the Seas.”
The Cat Who Woke Me Up
“Even though my brain is confused and I’m struggling, always struggling, to see if my writing is good, I still want to write. And the writing that matters the most to me isn’t about Alzheimer’s. It’s about a cat.”
Bread and Honey
Sometimes, marriage is about learning how to braid the bitter with the sweet.
André 3000 Is at Peace (For Now)
“One of the greatest rappers of our time in conversation with one of the most lauded culture writers alive on freedom, fame, flutes, and the burning question: ‘You gonna put some beats on that shit?’”
I’d Like to Report a Murder
“Lauren Oyler and Brandon Taylor talk to hannah baer about the dark art of literary takedowns.”

