In the face of tragic loss, Victoria Comella searches for the home she left behind, only to find it seventeen years later in the last place she expected.
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Maybe What We Need Is … More Politics?
Recent books by economists who hope to “save capitalism” dismiss popular ideas as “just politics.” But why assume the popular is the enemy of the good?
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Finding Comfort in Small Spaces
Jessica Gross considers her preference for certain types of confinement.
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Finding Comfort in Small Spaces
Jessica Gross considers her preference for certain types of confinement.
Posted inEditor's Pick
About a Boy: A Transgender Teen at the Tipping Point
“As long as his contours didn’t give his secret away, ‘Jay’ was a clean slate, a boy who could be anyone.” For three years, Casey Parks chronicled the life of a transgender teenager in Washington State. This is part one in a three-part series.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
The 17-Year Itch
Laura Jean Baker finds that being a feminist married to a progressive man isn’t a fail-safe against sexism occasionally intruding in their marriage.
Posted inBlog Post, Books, Business, Commentary
How the Self-Publishing Industry Changed, Between My First and Second Novels
In the last few years, self-publishing and marketing your own books has become increasingly more difficult.
Posted inBooks, Culture, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
“Our cultures are not dead and our civilizations have not been destroyed. Our present tense is evolving as rapidly and creatively as everyone else’s.”
Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction, Story
Decolonizing Knowledge: Stefan Bradley on the Fight for Civil Rights in the Ivy League
In the 1960s, black students at the Ivies organized and protested for fair treatment, their personal safety, to create black studies programs, and to stop their universities from harming local black communities through expansion and urban renewal.
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
In this land of constant reinvention, a longtime resident walks the streets to understand what the city was and what it’s becoming.
