Married off at age 12, Isabella put up with her husband’s shenanigans over decades. Eventually, the She-Wolf of France had had enough.
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The Importance of Sports When Nothing Else Seems to Matter
No ‘One Shining Moment,’ no Bill Raftery, no Cinderellas. How one writer feels lost without March Madness.
Posted inBooks, Commentary
This Week in Books: Pale Horse on the One Hand, Pale Rider on the Other
I sometimes forget that it’s all the same thing.
Posted inNonfiction
The Big Bear Reading List
The elusive bear is a thing of fascination, and writers have a lot to say about them.
Posted inNonfiction
How to Learn Everything: The MasterClass Diaries
A professor embarks on a six-month binge of celebrity-led online courses.
Posted inNonfiction
What the World’s Most Controversial Herbicide Is Doing to Rural Argentina
After enormous lobbying efforts, Monsanto’s GMO soybeans, treated with Roundup, became the country’s largest export, as cancer rates and other health issues skyrocketed.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Out There I Have to Smile
Heather Lanier explores the pressure to perform happiness.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Send in the Clones
A rogue group called the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive is moving cuttings and seeds from California’s ancient sequoia north to Oregon to save the species from the coming effects of climate change. But should they? Maybe in a world faced with global environmental disaster, the old rules no longer apply.
Posted inNonfiction
(Who Gets to) Just Up and Move
Nicole Walker contemplates the nature of migration, and realizes there are two places you can never escape: the planet and your own head.
Posted inBooks, Culture, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
In Jo’s Image
Jeanna Kadlec considers the impact of Little Women’s matriarchy — and its heroine — on the formation of her own queer identity.
