While away at summer camp, Melissa Febos discovers the power of her generation’s rage and feminism.
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Borrowed Babies
Five months into her first pregnancy, one writer pursues a research project about the history of home economics, as she struggles with her own concerns about motherhood.
Posted inArts & Culture, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Where Have All the Music Magazines Gone?
Inside music journalism post-2008 recession, and how media consumption in the 21st century offers a road map for the continuation of the once-robust medium.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
Stumbling Into Joy
The electric bass chose her, but it took 44 years to heed the call.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
Searching for The Sundays
When music writers are also music fans, they can walk a line between appreciative and intrusive.
Posted inNonfiction
The Psychiatrist in My Writing Class and His ‘Gift’ of Hate
Rani Neutill recalls a literary workshop in which a white man critiqued her ability to write in “proper” English.
Posted inStory
‘I Don’t Think Those Feelings of Self-Doubt Ever Go Away.’
Susan Choi talks about feeling unsure of oneself, as a writer, as a performer — or as a victim — and about how her latest novel evolved in uncanny tandem with the real world.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story
Manic Street Preachers’ Album The Holy Bible
How a band seemingly out of step with its times outlasted so many of its indulgent, in-step contemporaries.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
The Cold War and its Fallout
A son approaching middle age looks back on a volatile relationship with his father.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
The Cold War and its Fallout
A son approaching middle age looks back on a volatile relationship with his father.
