A lot of what you’ll read in this month’s books newsletter is about things not seeming to be what they really are.
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Soli/dairy/ty
As a nursing mother newly exposed to the harsh realities of milk production, Liza Monroy reconsiders the dairy cow, and questions the meaning of compassion.
Posted inNonfiction
Self Portrait as a Human Interest Story
Reflecting on the adversities and victories of her youth, Emi Nietfeld interrogates how narratives of resilience minimize suffering.
Posted inReading List
On Representations of Disability: A Reading List
“How does pervasive ableism affect the way our society continues to be architected?”
Posted inNonfiction
The Revolution…Without Prince
Hoping to reconnect to their love for the iconic musician, Kevin Sampsell and an old girlfriend go to hear his best known band play without him.
Posted inArts & Culture, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes
Everyone’s Gotta Make a Living
Composer Philip Glass was a plumber, a mover, a taxi driver — and as a child, a clerk in his father’s record store, where he learned a key lesson.
Posted inBusiness, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Leaning In with Alex P. Keaton
Born with serious CEO aspirations, Nicole Cyrus found her role model in a white kid from an ’80s sitcom.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes
The Town That Camp Built
“Key West’s brand of camp reflects Wolkowsky’s understanding — never on the nose, always sideways, a place where anonymity feels like an innate right.”
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes
The New, Improved, Empathic Sarah Silverman
Formerly controversial comic Sarah Silverman is “on a campaign to neutralize her haters with a weapon more powerful than a million burns: empathy.”
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Member Pick, Story
Putin’s Rasputin
Journalist Amos Barshad meets with “Putin whisperer” Aleksandr Dugin to try to understand how a shadowy advisor exerts influence.
