Emily Meg Weinstein considers the complexities of meeting and greeting in this #MeToo moment.
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To Hug, or Not to Hug?
Emily Meg Weinstein considers the complexities of meeting and greeting in this #MeToo moment.
Kristen Arnett on Taxidermy, Memory, and “Mostly Dead Things”
“What’s considered high art? What’s lowbrow? What are those things? That’s something that, as a person who like, lives at 7-Eleven, I’m extremely interested in.”
With a Rent-Stabilized Lease, Finding the Line Between Luck and a Life Sentence
Eryn Loeb recalls the tiny, decrepit tenement where she lived for a decade, and the cool aunt who passed it on to her.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, read stories by Michael Hall, Molly McArdle, Mehreen Kasana, Helen Hollyman, and an interview by Kate Harloe.
Creepypasta, Shirley Jackson, and Horror Podcasts: A Halloween Reading Guide
The spookiness doesn’t have to end with the weekend—indulge in classic creepypasta, scary podcasts, and Ms. (Shirley) Jackson on your lunch break.
Doomed in Nashville
On a whirlwind book tour, Monica Drake fights to resist the pull of an emotional — and physical — abyss.
Doomed in Nashville
On a whirlwind book tour, Monica Drake fights to resist the pull of an emotional — and physical — abyss.
Recovering My Fifth Sense
Kavita Das recalls learning to self-advocate as a patient with a cleft palate — and as a child in a family full of doctors.

