Six stories about bets, luck, and playing the odds.
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Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Unprepared: The Difficulty of Getting a Prescription for a Drug That Effectively Prevents HIV Infection
When Spenser Mestel tries to get a prescription for Truvada in Iowa City, he discovers that medical breakthroughs are only one small part of HIV prevention.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Are We Done Hating Television?
NPR’s Linda Holmes, on whether pooh-poohing television makes any sense in a changing digital media landscape.
Posted inBooks, Fiction, First Chapters, Story
First Chapters: The Veins of the Ocean, by Patricia Engel
How we became a prison family.
Posted inNonfiction
The Icy Elegance of Arthur Ashe … And the Passion of Muhammad Ali
The sportsmen’s lives read as a conversation on what it means to be American.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Ruback
A newspaper journalist’s attempt to correct the record.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Why Watching ‘Survivor’ Is Like Watching Sports
Dawson suggests these shows are more closely related to sporting events than scripted dramas. In the case of Survivor, viewers get an experience similar to televised sports, Papacharissi explains: “You can root for your favorite castaway like you do for your favorite team, and vicariously experience her triumphs and setbacks from episode to episode.”
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction
A Fish So Coveted People Have Smuggled, Kidnapped, and Killed For It
The Asian arowana or “dragon fish” is protected by the Endangered Species Act and illegal to own in the U.S. But the tropical fish’s status symbol among wealthy buyers has made it the object of a thriving black market.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
Revisiting the Ghosts of Attica
A wrenching new book recounts the bloodiest prison battle in our history.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Jenny Diski: 1947-2016
Jenny Diski died this morning at the age of 68. Here are nine stories celebrating Diski and her work.
