A bibliophile tries to understand her father through his favorite Swedish mystery books.
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Wonder Woman
Of all the genes parents pass down and values they instill, how does one take hold so much stronger than the others?
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Confessions of a Lapsed Catholic Dancer
Kate Branca considers the body as an instrument of faith.
Posted inFeature
Whatever Happened to ______ ?
Envy over her success led her husband, also a writer, to become violent. She fights every day for her safety — and to avoid being relegated to obscurity like so many writers who are mothers.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Story, Unapologetic Women, Writing
A Beginner’s Guide to Fly Fishing With Your Father
It was the place he came to feel wild, and I was ready to trespass into the world of men.
Posted inReading List
Sex Work and Workers: A Reading List to Get You Beyond Law & Order SVU and Pretty Woman
The best way to learn what being a sex worker is like is to listen to sex workers.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
The God Phone
What happens when ordinary people play God to strangers? Leora Smith explores the history of one of the oldest art installations at Burning Man and the conversations that unfold there.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Story
American Dirt: A Bridge to Nowhere
“Jeanine Cummins can write about Mexico — but she will be judged on whether her writing actually captures the experiential and emotional and ethical complexity of that place, and she will be judged with extra care because she is an outsider.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
She’s 17 And Wants To Be A Politician. Her Dad Says He Won’t Vote For Her.
A profile of 17-year-old Iowan Lily Miller, a progressive who wants to run for office, and her right-wing 49-year-old father Mike, who represent a growing phenomenon of young women departing from the conservative views they were raised with.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Story
Guns and Marriage
Simone Gorrindo struggles to make peace with the violence that puts food on her table.
