When Leslie Jamison got sober she wanted to know how a life lived without alcohol would affect her writing.
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The Strange and Dangerous World of America’s Big Cat People
A headline-grabbing murder-for-hire plot helped expose the dark side of exotic animal ownership in the U.S. Is there now enough momentum to reform the industry?
Posted inNonfiction
The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Lockets
Lockets simultaneously display and hide. But does squirreling our love and grief away in a piece of jewelry keep the memories and emotions present for us, or minimize them?
Posted inFeature
The Big, Bonkers, British, Christmas Pantomime
Oh, yes I did! An attempt to explain the bizarre tradition of the British Christmas pantomime.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Story
Waiting for Alice
Nick and Nora had Asta. Why can’t we have Alice?
Posted inReading List, Writing
On Keeping a Notebook: A Reading List
In this reading list, Jeanne Bonner ruminates on the joys of writing by hand and keeping a notebook.
Posted inCuration, Current Events, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes, Writing
What Happened to Milad? A Palestinian Father Searches for His Son.
One man’s quest to find his son lays bare the reality of Palestinian life under Israeli rule.
Posted inBlog Post, Uncategorized
It’s Never Too Late to Apologize
Bari Weiss, Bret Stephens, and Katie Roiphe have to try to be better, right along with the rest of us.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Christian Miller, Megan Rose, and Robert Faturechi; Robin Hemley; David Gauvey Herbert; Ian Parker; and Meghan Daum.
