On Sept. 19, 2017 a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Mexico, sending panicked residents fleeing into the streets. For two brothers the fear was familiar—they had experienced this exactly 32 years before.
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Posted inArts & Culture
A (Disney) Pirate’s Life for Me
Goodbye, Wench Market; the Disney-Industrial Complex has no place for decay.
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 inCrime, Nonfiction
The Third Life of Richard Miles
Richard Miles spent 15 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. The state of Texas compensated Miles for his wrongful conviction, but life after vindication has come with its own set of challenges.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Story
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.
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events, Media
‘Vanity Fair’ Just Published Their Burn Book for Jared and Ivanka
They seem to disappear when bad things are happening. And bad things are always happening.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
Cast by Chronic Illness Into a Limiting Role
Maris Kreizman dreamed of attending performing arts camp, but she ended up homesick at diabetes camp instead.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
The Handgun and the Haunted Range
Justin Quarry hunted for himself, and a connection to his late father, with the unlikely inheritance of a firearm.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Harnessing His Superpowers for Peace in the Middle East
As an 8-year-old with OCD, Howard Lovy hoped his magical thinking might persuade God to end the Yom Kippur War.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
A Certain Kind of Mammal
Meaghan O’Connell on the joy, the triumph, and the prison of breastfeeding.
