Created in New Orleans and played around the world, the music we call jazz is filled with genius, legend, and tragedy.
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My Great Grandfather the Bundist
Writer and artist Molly Crabapple tells the story of her late great grandfather, self-taught artist Sam Rothbort, and of the Bund, the revolutionary anti-Zionist Jewish political party he joined in Vilna in 1898.
Posted inFood, Quotes
Defined by Want
Three meals a day don’t erase the scars of a childhood marked by hunger, violence, and loneliness.
Posted inFeature
Finding a Path in a Broken System
Thailand is a top destination for gender confirmation surgery. Its success is a symptom of Western failure.
Posted inUncategorized
Final Girl, Terrible Place
I was expecting a handy theory. What I found was a way of seeing that would help me decode a script I’d been stuck in for much of my life.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Highlight, Quotes, Technology
You Are What Your Fingerprint Says You Are
As passports give way to fingerprinting and retinal scans, our bodies themselves become tools to limit our free movement.
Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
Rush Drummer Neil Peart: Master Student
Neil Peart “was brilliant enough to skip two grades, starting high school at 12. He began drum lessons, practicing for a full year without an actual kit.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Quotes, Unapologetic Women, Writing
Listening to the Words of Puerto Rican Poet Julia de Burgos After Hurricane Maria
Largely unknown, Julia de Burgos may have been Puerto Rico’s greatest poet.
Posted inNonfiction
I Will Always Love You: A Dolly Parton Reading List
Happy birthday, Dolly Parton! Here are seven longreads about the American singer-songwriter.
Posted inNonfiction
House of the Century
Daisy Alioto reconsiders the nature of architecture while researching window alarms.
