Stephanie Land endured poverty, loneliness, and more to pursue her dream of being a writer.
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The Only Downside to Lower Infant-Mortality Rates? All Those Baby Books
When you don’t need to worry about the big things, you can start obsessing over the small ones.
Posted inNonfiction
The Lasting Effects of the Lolita Complex
Lacy Warner examines the downward turn of actress Dominique Swain’s career, and how the trouble began the moment she grew up.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
We Have Always Lived in the House
In the face of tragic loss, Victoria Comella searches for the home she left behind, only to find it seventeen years later in the last place she expected.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
We Have Always Lived in the House
In the face of tragic loss, Victoria Comella searches for the home she left behind, only to find it seventeen years later in the last place she expected.
Posted inArts & Culture, Business & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes
Monocle: The Magazine As Boring, Lifestyle, Branding Infastructure
On Monocle’s tenth anniversary, one writer analyzes the magazine’s vision, business model, and what place this globalist outlet has in an age of increasing nationalism.
Posted inBooks, Story
Getting Tricked by Helen DeWitt
Helen DeWitt’s hectic, disruptive style reflects the content of her stories: the difficulty of living an authentic life, or telling anything like a “story,” in a ruthlessly disruptive world.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
No Journalist Should Have to Know How to Survive in Prison
After a recent trip to Myanmar, Alice Driver considers the ever-present dangers for journalists there and in Mexico, where she lives.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
No Journalist Should Have to Know How to Survive in Prison
After a recent trip to Myanmar, Alice Driver considers the ever-present dangers for journalists there and in Mexico, where she lives.
Posted inBooks, Fiction, Story
The New Feeling
When Eleanor takes a break from reading the news, her laptop goes missing. Full of self-abnegation, she asks Wallace Shawn for advice.
