Kavita Das recalls learning to self-advocate as a patient with a cleft palate — and as a child in a family full of doctors.
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Looking at Alaska: Six Stories About The Last Frontier State
Six stories about all the nuances of Alaska.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Looking at Alaska: Six Stories About The Last Frontier State
Six stories about all the nuances of Alaska.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Sending the Elevator Back Down: Sara Benincasa on Artists Acknowledging Those Who’ve Helped Them Come Up
On the importance of artists helping and influencing one another, and of acknowledging that help once you succeed.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
I Was a 9-Year-Old Playboy Bunny
After longing to be a sex-symbol as a child, Shannon Lell grapples with a lifetime of self-objectification.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction
My Date with Hollywood
Monica Drake recalls a brush with fame, when a famous actress took an interest in making a movie from her novel.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction
In Praise of Cowardice
Emily Meg Weinstein considers the ways in which her grandfather’s less than heroic choices in love and war led to her existence.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
I Was a 9-Year-Old Playboy Bunny
After longing to be a sex-symbol as a child, Shannon Lell grapples with a lifetime of self-objectification.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Graduation Day: Five Stories About Commencement
If your commencement speaker disappoints, you can read these beautiful addresses from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ursula K. LeGuin and Joy Ladin.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Graduation Day: Five Stories About Commencement
If your commencement speaker disappoints, you can read these beautiful addresses from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ursula K. LeGuin and Joy Ladin.
