In the desert at Burning Man, Joanne Solomon dissects the implicit transaction that defines her cross-cultural love affair.
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‘Reality Shrivels. This Is Your Life Now’: 88 Days Trapped in Bed to Save a Pregnancy
When Katherine Heiny’s water broke during her 26th week of pregnancy, her doctor told her that in order to save her baby she would have to be almost totally immobilized “in Trendelenburg,” an aggressive form of bed rest in which her legs were raised above her head. She remained on bed rest for 88 days and […]
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism
A Second Passport
Normally, kibbutz volunteers visit Israel and return home. Pam Mandel went on to Egypt, and kept going . . .
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Story
A Second Passport
Normally, kibbutz volunteers visit Israel and return home. Pam Mandel went on to Egypt, and kept going . . .
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction
The First Time I Moved to New York
The fantasies Alexander Chee had of New York before he moved there didn’t fully prepare him for what it was like to love the city.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Story
Trouble
Two women share a history of daring, of lost direction, of dark bedrooms, and an enforced silence they finally break.
Posted inBooks, Fiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
The Need for Distance: Jaclyn Gilbert on Writing and Running
For author Jaclyn Gilbert, revising her writing is much like doing the same running loops over and over, to the point where she doesn’t have to think about where she’s going anymore.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story
Old In Art School
At 64, Nell Painter left a secure teaching position and went back to school to study art.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Story
Bending the Straight Line of Queer History
Recent novels by Alan Hollinghurst, John Boyne, and Tim Murphy experiment with the idea of progress over time.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
A Woman, Tree or Not
Terese Marie Mailhot questions the value of Native coming of age ceremonies she missed out on.
