As host of The Creative Nonfiction Podcast, Brendan O’Meara is no stranger to talking about the art and craft of storytelling. In this craft-focused excerpt, we’re digging into Episode 336, in which he interviewed Atavist editor Jonah Ogles and freelance writer Cassidy Randall about her work on the latest issue of The Atavist. Cassidy Randall, a freelance writer based out […]
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Working To Live Often Means Giving Up Your Life
You can’t have work-life balance when work dictates the balance.
Less Work, More Friends, No Consequences
Workaholics burn the midnight oil, while the rich and powerful fail up.
Let Go of Your Ego: A Reading List on Brian Wilson and “Pet Sounds”
Let’s go away for awhile and reflect on the genius of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys’ 1966 album “Pet Sounds.” Wouldn’t it be nice?
By All Measures
Our problems are too vast, our distance from them too great. How do we navigate our derangement of scale?
Tuna
“It’s an unusually precarious beginning for a life that can last forty years.”
Ten Outstanding Short Stories to Read in 2022
Longtime contributor Pravesh Bhardwaj read and shared 276 short stories on the #longreads Twitter hashtag in 2021. Here are his favorites.
The Alarmist: Is One of the Pandemic’s Loudest Scientific Voices Helping or Hurting Public Health?
Meet Eric Feigl-Ding, the town crier of the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘No Single Machine Should Be Able to Control So Many People’
Can we survive the social web?
