This week, we’re sharing stories from Ben Blum, Reeves Wiedeman, Mizuho Aoki, Amy Wright, and Sarah Scoles.
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Posted inCrime, Highlight, Quotes
So Long, and Thanks for All the Value Meals
Sorry you never won a million dollars; hope you at least got a fresh batch of fries.
Posted inNonfiction
An Ocean Away From the Sanctuary of Manhattan, Signs of Peaceful Coexistence
As a Jewish New Yorker, Candy Schulman is surprised to find a small town in Andalusia celebrating the coexistence of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish cultures, despite the area’s dark racist history.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
Swipe White
Jennifer Chong Schneider considers what it is to be Asian, maligned, and fetishized in dating — and questions her own desire when she dates someone of her own ethnicity for the first time.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
Swipe White
Jennifer Chong Schneider considers what it is to be Asian, maligned, and fetishized in dating — and questions her own desire when she dates someone of her own ethnicity for the first time.
Posted inArts & Culture, Food, Nonfiction, Quotes
It’s Hard to See Seafood As a Healthy Choice After Reading This
A fish biologist makes a strong case against eating fish.
Posted inStory
Naked City
Here, everyone hurries but no one arrives, everyone shows up but no one gets in, everyone’s a member but no one belongs.
Posted inNonfiction
The Unreliable Reader
In Esmé Weijun Wang’s book of personal essays, “The Collected Schizophrenias,” it’s the reader, not the writer, who is an unreliable narrator.
Posted inDesign, Highlight, History, Quotes, Science & Nature
I Want to Say One Word to You. Just One Word.
“Plastics.”
Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Quotes
Grist for the Celebrity Food Mill
Did Rocco DiSpirito sell his culinary soul for a paycheck and some Bertoli frozen pasta?
