When a high-risk pregnancy jeopardizes their eyesight, Heather Quinn explores the expectations of motherhood and finds common ground with a patron saint.
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Posted inHistory, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
Staten Island Wilderness, Going, Going, Gone?
One of the last pieces of wilderness on Staten Island might get bulldozed.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
The Disease of Deceit
Friends don’t let friends lie about having cancer.
Posted inNonfiction
The Story of Country Music’s Great Songwriting Duo
Before they released “Wichita Lineman,” the greatest unfinished song of all time, Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb lived surprisingly parallel lives.
Posted inReading List
Alternative Reality: ‘Inferno in Paradise’
President Donald Trump has obliterated any notion of off-time for round-the-clock journalists, but it was still a relief to see that the alt-weeklies I read for this installment in my regular reading list were starting off the new year strong. The Chico News & Review, whose work I have previously highlighted here, can be forgiven, […]
Posted inNonfiction
My Unsexual Revolution
Diane Shipley confronts her history of sexual dysfunction and wonders who decides what ‘normal’ is, anyway.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
Blame It All on Tibbles: The Case for Keeping Fifi Indoors
At Smithsonian Magazine, Rachel E. Gross explores why keeping your pet cat inside is for the birds.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
After Three Children, Reclaiming My Body and My Mind
In the wake of childbirth and postpartum complications affecting her mental health and her marriage, Ukamaka Olisakwe picks herself up and starts over — in grad school.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature
Does Outdoor Recreation Correlate With Environmental Values?
Being an outdoorsy person doesn’t make you a conservationist, sadly.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
O, Small-bany! Part 2: Winter
Notes from an awful winter.
