“When I started asking myself questions about my own notions of masculinity. I just felt so limited, so suddenly afraid of becoming the kind of man I’d grown up in fear of.”
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The Brazilian Healer and the Patron Saint of Impossible Causes
Leigh Hopkins faces the hidden truth about the world’s most famous spiritual surgeon and the irresistible desire to find ‘the cure.’
Posted inBooks, Commentary
This Month in Books: ‘We Have Nothing to Weigh Our Hearts Against’
When I look at this month’s Books Newsletter, all I can think about are borders, crossings, the terrible distances between people who have been separated.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Quotes
Cory Taylor Answers Your Questions About Dying
To help demystify dying, Cory Taylor answers questions about what it’s like to have a terminal illness.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The File: Lost Then Found
A personal essay in which A.M. Homes — who ten years ago published The Mistress’s Daughter, a memoir about meeting her birth parents — reports on the experience of recently being given her long lost adoption file, and the effects of the information on her understanding of her origins.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
The 17-Year Itch
Laura Jean Baker finds that being a feminist married to a progressive man isn’t a fail-safe against sexism occasionally intruding in their marriage.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
What Falls to Earth
Grieving the mysterious death of her father, Susanna Space seeks refuge in the study of meteors.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
What Falls to Earth
Grieving the mysterious death of her father, Susanna Space seeks refuge in the study of meteors.
Posted inFeature
Live Through This: Courtney Love at 55
Lisa Whittington-Hill on why Courtney Love deserves to be the girl with the most cake.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story
We Stand on Guard for Bieber
How Canadian is Justin Bieber? His hometown’s “Steps to Stardom” exhibit provides some answers.
