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Posted inReading List, Writing
On Keeping a Notebook: A Reading List
In this reading list, Jeanne Bonner ruminates on the joys of writing by hand and keeping a notebook.
Posted inBooks, First Chapters, Nonfiction, Quotes, Writing
Leslie Jamison: Does Recovery Kill Great Writing?
When Leslie Jamison got sober she wanted to know how a life lived without alcohol would affect her writing.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Christian Miller, Megan Rose, and Robert Faturechi; Robin Hemley; David Gauvey Herbert; Ian Parker; and Meghan Daum.
Posted inCuration, Current Events, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes, Writing
What Happened to Milad? A Palestinian Father Searches for His Son.
One man’s quest to find his son lays bare the reality of Palestinian life under Israeli rule.
Posted inCrime, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
We’ve All Been Unreliable Witnesses to Lorena
“I’ll put myself through the jokes and everything as long as I can shine a light on domestic violence and sexual assault and marital rape.”
Posted inBooks, Crime, Culture, Nonfiction, Story
A New View of Crime in America
What does incarceration do for the member of a family that views prison as a rite of passage? A New York Times reporter takes a close look at intergenerational criminality.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Why I Wanted To Finish My Father’s Life’s Work
Karen Brown recalls the pain and joy of fulfilling a deathbed promise.
Posted inBlog Post, Uncategorized
It’s Never Too Late to Apologize
Bari Weiss, Bret Stephens, and Katie Roiphe have to try to be better, right along with the rest of us.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
The Art of Losing Friends and Alienating People
Laura Lippman, admittedly a rotten friend, is bummed by the ways in which friendships end as one gets older.
