This week, we’re sharing stories from Renee Montagne, Nina Martin, Alex Tizon, Mary Mann, Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, and Andy Newman.
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Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
When It’s Time to Say Goodbye to the Old House
Siddhartha Mahanta looks back at the small suburban starter house in Texas that helped his immigrant father redefine “home.”
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
When Zora and Langston Took a Road Trip
In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston gave Langston Hughes a lift to Tuskegee in her Nash coupe, nicknamed “Sassy Susie.” It was one of most fortuitous hangouts in literary history.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
How President Trump Made Himself a Head Writer at SNL
Chris Jones shadows Alec Baldwin as he turns our dark reality into what might be his most-lasting role: Donald Trump.
Posted inStory
The Man Who’s Going to Save Your Neighborhood Grocery Store
American food supplies are increasingly channeled through a handful of big companies: Amazon, Walmart, FreshDirect, Blue Apron. What do we lose when local supermarkets go under? A lot — and Kevin Kelley wants to stop that.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Where to Hide Dead Bodies and Thieves: the Laundry Chute
Dead bodies, thieves, skulls, and historical bits of ephemera that fly out of pockets on the passage down are just some of the hidden secrets that laundry chutes reveal.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Story
For Single Mothers Working as Train Conductors
My Soviet husband said we’d need 24-hour day care for any children we might have. Many years and the fall of an empire later, I finally realized why he said it.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Eating Toward Immortality
For nutritionist and intuitive eating advocate Michelle Allison, diet culture is just another way of dealing with the fear of death.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature
A Nuclear Bomb at Ground Zero, and What Happens Next
At the Atlantic, two researchers discuss their study of how humans might respond after a nuclear attack on Manhattan.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Welcome to Pleistocene Park
In Arctic Siberia, Russian scientists are trying to stave off catastrophic climate change—by resurrecting an Ice Age biome complete with lab-grown woolly mammoths.
