Jacqueline Alnes explores identity and privilege in these six stories about moving house.
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She Kept Every Letter
“It is so essential to morale that army and navy officers of the highest rank list mail almost on a level with munitions and food.”
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Whole 60
The Laura Lippman plan requires that you eat whatever you want whenever you want to eat it, and declare yourself beautiful. We’re not going to lie — it’s really hard.
Posted inScience & Nature, Story
Wild At Heart
They perform daring escapes from slaughterhouses, zoos, and laboratories. But animals on the run are only as free as we want them to be.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
The Disease of Deceit
Friends don’t let friends lie about having cancer.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo-Hoo
A Childless Millennial’s Guide to Falling Apart at Disney World
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
When You Race Across Antarctica, Remember Your Spare Skis
“They would face wind chill temperatures in the neighborhood of minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit, whiteout days with little visibility, unseasonable snowfall, isolation and pain.”
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Come for the Crullers, Stay for the Community
“It’s funny, how a seemingly soulless franchise started to feel like an old friend, once I spent enough time there.”
Posted inNonfiction
American Green
How did the plain green lawn become the central landscaping feature in America, and what is the ecological cost?
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Can I Get a “McGangbang?” On the Weird World of Secret Menus
One eater wanders through the fast food frontier, examining the culture of menu hacking, to undertand why restaurants honor special requests that defy their reliance on standardization.
