Today’s public intellectuals have their own version of the American Dream, where one person, on their own, can achieve anything — including being the smartest person in the room.
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Shelved: The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band’s “Brain Opera”
What happens when you’re not different just for the sake of being different.
Posted inArts & Culture, Covers, Culture, Highlight, Quotes
25 Years of Vibe Magazine
From its first issue in 1993, Vibe magazine reflected the “multicultural mainstream.”
Posted inNonfiction
If I Made $4 a Word, This Article Would Be Worth $10,000
Journalism’s one percent would rather make up a fake feud than address the reality of the industry’s pay disparity, which benefits them and no one else.
Posted inArts & Culture, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Shelved: Brian Wilson’s Adult/Child
Music from the time after the good vibrations ended.
Posted inNonfiction
Learning from Perimenopause and a Kpop Idol
Struggling with fluctuating hormones, Wendy Gan is inspired by the musician Mino to stop muting herself and return to writing.
Posted inNonfiction
Prince of the Midwest
For one Wisconsin farm boy, Minneapolis will always be the city of Purple Rain.
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 inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Balancing the Books
The Paris Review launches a monthly column to shine light on women writers from the past who have been under-recognized.
Posted inEditor's Pick
My Editor Was Black
“Debut author Naima Coster on working with Morgan Parker, the whiteness of publishing, and literary self-determination.”
