Gayle Brandeis takes two trips to Sin City with her mother — one while her mother is delusional.
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Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story
For Me, With Love and Squalor
After publishing her first book, Lauren Markham begins the long search for what she truly wanted after writing it.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Reading List, Writing
Forgotten Women Writers: A Reading List
Kate Gavino shares five stories about forgotten women authors, from Anita Brookner to Nancy Mitford.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Growing Up Around Funeral Homes Didn’t Prepare Me for Death
As the daughter of a funeral director, Jodie Briggs thought she knew all about death. Then her dad almost died.
Posted inNonfiction, Uncategorized
The South Carolina Dylann Roof Knew
For GQ, Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah travels through the state that taught Roof a perverted viewpoint of the antebellum period.
Posted inEditor's Pick
A.: Only Through Death Will You Learn Your True Identity
From Wired’s fiction issue, a story about a man in an institution yearning to live in the real world. We won’t spoil it with any more details.
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The Intimacy of an Android: An Interview With Alex Mar
In her Wired cover story, Mar explores the desire to turn to a robot for comfort or companionship.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
Here at the End of All Things
On losing oneself in the geography of fantasy worlds, from Middle Earth to Westeros.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Writing the Monsignor
Mary O’Connell recalls her college efforts to write about a scandalized priest from her youth.
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Publishing the Best of the Desert: An Interview With Ken Layne
“If you’re doing something small, something that’s mostly your labor and vision, then stick to what makes you satisfied.”
