Miles Marshall Lewis remembers a love of Prince and Paris.
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Fruitland
Privately made records enjoy a cult following among collectors, but few are as legendary as Donnie and Joe Emerson’s 1979 LP Dreamin’ Wild.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
When It’s Time to Say Goodbye to the Old House
Siddhartha Mahanta looks back at the small suburban starter house in Texas that helped his immigrant father redefine “home.”
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
When Zora and Langston Took a Road Trip
In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston gave Langston Hughes a lift to Tuskegee in her Nash coupe, nicknamed “Sassy Susie.” It was one of most fortuitous hangouts in literary history.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Story
Trouble
Two women share a history of daring, of lost direction, of dark bedrooms, and an enforced silence they finally break.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
A Place to Stay, Untouched by Death
After her mother’s passing, Jane Ratcliffe considers the role everyday objects play in a good death.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
A Place to Stay, Untouched by Death
After her mother’s passing, Jane Ratcliffe considers the role everyday objects play in a good death.
Posted inStory
Behind the Writing: On Research
Sarah Menkedick speaks with Leslie Jamison, Carina Chocano, and Elena Passarello on the art of research.
Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
‘I Inherited Luck’: Bridgett M. Davis on Her Family’s Life in the Numbers
In a new memoir, novelist Bridgett M. Davis reveals that her mother was a Numbers operator in Detroit from the 1960s through the 1980s.
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American Green
How did the plain green lawn become the central landscaping feature in America, and what is the ecological cost?
