In this reading list, Jeanne Bonner ruminates on the joys of writing by hand and keeping a notebook.
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What Should Universal Basic Income Look Like?
Andrew Yang made it news, but we need a better plan.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story
Every One of Us Is Other: Looking Back on Representation in “Heavenly Creatures” 25 Years Later
Alex DiFrancesco reflects on Peter Jackson’s nuanced approach to representation in the critically acclaimed film.
Posted inNonfiction
‘To Be Polite By Ignoring the Obvious’: Jess Row on Unpacking Whiteness in Literature
“I was looking for texts that seem to go the extra mile in hiding something — texts that almost seem to be begging to be interpreted in terms of what’s not being said.”
Posted inNonfiction
How I Became ‘Rich’
During a rare opportunity to vacation in Hawai’i, Stacy Torres is forced to confront her status as better off than where she came from.
Posted inNonfiction
An Ocean Away From the Sanctuary of Manhattan, Signs of Peaceful Coexistence
As a Jewish New Yorker, Candy Schulman is surprised to find a small town in Andalusia celebrating the coexistence of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish cultures, despite the area’s dark racist history.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story
The Myth of Making It
If the most financially and critically successful artists don’t feel successful, maybe there’s something wrong with how we think about success.
Posted inNonfiction
‘They Were Growing Seedlings…Which Would Sprout To Become Supreme Court Justices’
Ruth Marcus discusses the Federalist Society’s 30-year Justice-grooming project, the botched investigations, and everything else that brought us “too big to fail” Brett Kavanaugh.
Posted inNonfiction
I Never Wanted my Hemangioma to Define Me
Emily Weitz looks back at a childhood filled with surgeries, harsh stares, and proving she was more than just the skin on her face.
Posted inStory
“We’re All Still Cooking…Still Raw at the Core”: An Interview with Jacqueline Woodson
“When I look at that dress and how much intention went into the making of it…it’s like we want to have something that can’t be destroyed, because so much of the past has been destroyed…”
