The descendants of lynching victim Elwood Higginbotham learn the circumstances of his 1935 murder in Oxford, Mississippi.
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Turning Love and Grief into Outsider Art
How one London man transformed his house into a work of art, and a physical love story to the people he’s lost.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
An Education in Doubt
In her memoir ‘Educated,’ Tara Westover studies herself to safety, but books can’t rescue her from the memories of sustained violence.
Posted inCurrent Events, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Caught Between Borders
Closed borders and closed minds are trapping African LGBTI asylum seekers in hostile countries.
Posted inNonfiction
Anaphylaxis of the Mind
Alyson Pomerantz reframes her understanding of illness when an allergic reaction turns out to be something else.
Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
The Indignities of Poverty, Compounded by the Requirement to Prove It
In an excerpt from her debut memoir, Stephanie Land recalls being poor, and moving with her young daughter from a homeless shelter to transitional housing.
Posted inNonfiction
My Unsexual Revolution
Diane Shipley confronts her history of sexual dysfunction and wonders who decides what ‘normal’ is, anyway.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Culture, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes
‘Wild With Love’: Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah on the Portraits of Henry Taylor
Henry Taylor’s portraits are sacred objects that lovingly center black subjects and black interiority.
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America Is Still Hard To Find
Kathleen Alcott’s latest novel is a dramatic reenactment of the ethical dilemmas posed in antiwar activist Father Daniel Berrigan’s ’60s manifesto.
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Revisiting the #MeToo Movement: A Reading List
#MeToo isn’t just a moment, it’s a movement. And there’s a lot of work yet to do.
