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Pregnant, then Ruptured

by Joanna Petrone August 18, 2017October 19, 2022

After an emergency operation, Joanna Petrone considers the medical advances and legal protections that allow women to survive ectopic pregnancies.

Nonfiction, Quotes

Jia Tolentino Remembers the Books She Started and the Books She Shelved

by heymarkarms December 28, 2015October 19, 2022

“Editing is a fugue state; the time self-erases.”

Nonfiction

‘Trilby,’ the Novel That Gave Us ‘Svengali’

by Emma Garman February 16, 2017February 23, 2024

George du Maurier’s Trilby, published in 1894, became one of the most popular novels of its time. The story introduced us to a young heroine, Trilby, and a memorable villain, Svengali, whose names have since taken on lives of their own.

Nonfiction, Quotes

What ‘Ask Polly’ Columnist Heather Havrilesky Learned About Love as a Video Game

by Sari Botton July 13, 2016October 19, 2022

At The Atlantic, Julie Beck talks to Heather Havrilesky about her new book How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly’s Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life, a collection of her “Ask Polly” advice columns on New York Magazine‘s The Cut blog (originally at The Awl) plus some that haven’t been published before. In a […]

Blog Post, Nonfiction

We Are All Compromised: The Access Game Isn’t Dead Yet

by heymarkarms December 7, 2015October 19, 2022

News organizations, credibility, and who gets the exclusive interview.

Arts & Culture, History, Story

Percy Ross Wants to Give You Money!

by Jacqui Shine July 20, 2017October 12, 2022

He was was a self-made, blue-collar millionaire in Reagan’s America. But when Percy Ross decided to give away his fortune, he made things simple: all you had to do was ask for it.