Lawson’s photographs capture the divinity and stateliness of its working-class subjects.
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Alternative Reality: An Alt-Weekly Reading List
Nine excellent stories discovered in U.S. alt-weekly newspapers.
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William Barber Takes on Poverty and Race in the Age of Trump
Jelani Cobb profiles the Rev. Dr. William Barber, who has worked for the past three years to revive Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Story
American Dirt: A Bridge to Nowhere
“Jeanine Cummins can write about Mexico — but she will be judged on whether her writing actually captures the experiential and emotional and ethical complexity of that place, and she will be judged with extra care because she is an outsider.”
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
Building a Life in Someone Else’s Ghost Town
Cisco, Utah can’t be a ghost town, because Eileen Muza lives there, but people sure treat it that way.
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Katja Blichfeld Gets What She Wants
A profile of Katja Blichfeld, the co-creator of HBO’s High Maintenance, in the wake of her coming out as a lesbian, and the amicable end of her marriage to Ben Sinclair — her collaborator on the show, and its star.
Posted inFood, Highlight, Quotes, Science & Nature, Technology
Great News Everyone, We’ll Never Have Shared Food Experiences Ever Again
To every man and woman their own Dorito.
Posted inCommentary, Nonfiction, Uncategorized
Remembering G. Dep, the Rapper Who Confessed to a 17-Year Old Cold Case
Lil Wayne’s reimagining of G. Dep’s “Special Delivery” has thrust the ex-Bad Boy rapper back into the pop culture spotlight.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Canadian Bonsai Star of YouTube
For Harley Rustad’s too-tall bonsai Ficus religiosa, the first cut was indeed the deepest.
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.
