Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on The Train and Into the Water, reflects on two unreliable things: narrators and memory.
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Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Reading List
Seven Stories About the Science Behind Fast Food
Stories about how fast food co-opted science and technology to create more craveable products.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
Politics and Prose
Marie Myung-Ok Lee finds herself conflicted about attending a controversial author’s reading and wonders: what does “speaking up” actually mean?
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
Politics and Prose
Marie Myung-Ok Lee finds herself conflicted about attending a controversial author’s reading and wonders: what does “speaking up” actually mean?
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
God Save the Queen: Seven Stories about Elizabeth II
From her education to the careful plans for her funeral, seven stories on the long-reigning monarch.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Salt, Sugar, Fat, Repeat: A Reading List on Restaurant Chains
On regionality, class, and culture, from Waffle House to the Cheesecake Factory.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Technology for Problem Sleepers
Having trouble sleeping? In The New Yorker, Patricia Marx writes about the economy of slumber, offering a lively survey of current gadgets and expensive equipment designed to get you a night of rest, and she nestles it snug as a bug with a primer on the growing science of sleep. From deprivation to natural cycles to oversleep, […]
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Story, Uncategorized
The Month of Giving Dangerously
Elizabeth Greenwood decides to give everything: time, money, praise, forgiveness. But when does generosity become a mania for giving?
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Art World Is Crazy
Sam Knight takes coverage of international freeport intrigue to the next level in this week’s New Yorker, with “The Bouvier Affair.”
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events, Nonfiction
The Collected Crimes of Sheriff Joe Arpaio
The president chose to pardon an extremely bad man before providing aid to Texas.
