“Turkey, in all of its modernist efforts, is just covering up the smell of its own shit.”
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A Remarkable Child
My friend Sam went back to Brooklyn and his gang of peculiar white buddies watching their endless Stanley Kubrick film festival. I shall not see him again.
On Not Being Able to Read
In law school, they told me I wouldn’t be able to read anymore. That the pleasure of the text, like a lover in a non-law degree, would slowly grow opaque to me.
The Religion No One Talks About: My Search For Answers in an Old Caribbean Faith
Writer Sarah Betancourt explores her connections to Espiritismo and Santeria.
Dawn of Dianetics: L. Ron Hubbard, John W. Campbell, and the Origins of Scientology
Read an excerpt adapted from Alec Nevala-Lee’s book, Astounding.
Ugly, Bitter, and True
After years of feeling hopeless and barely human, one talented writer manages to find her will to live.
The Doctor Dolittle of the Upper West Side
Bowel-obstructed bunnies, lame ducks, and festering iguanas at Manhattan’s only exotic animal vet.
The Hunt for Planet Nine
What will it take to find the biggest missing object in our solar system?
Looking Inside My Heart
Jen Hyde discovered that her heart valve was made by women working in a factory near her childhood home. Getting to know them brought her closer to her own mother.
The Rub of Rough Sex
Chelsea G. Summers considers the ways in which outwardly ‘progressive’ men like former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman use kink as a cover for abuse.
