To scientologist Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale speaks to the importance of separation of church and state, rather than the dangers of religious extremism.
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Queens of Infamy: Josephine Bonaparte, from Martinique to Merveilleuse
Even the Reign of Terror was no match for a determined young woman with a pug and a prophecy on her side.
Posted inBooks, Fiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Writing
Sam Lipsyte on ‘Mental Archery,’ the Quest for Certainty, and Where All the Money Went
“It’s difficult to say what you really think. You’re too aware of the traps, the dead ends, the cul-de-sacs of utterance: all the ways we let cliché steer us in a certain direction, force us to say not quite what we mean…”
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Young Saints
How a school that calls itself “Christian Hogwarts” is upending a small city in California’s Trump country.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
Jesus Is Everywhere in Port-au-Prince, but So Is Vodou
Violent tensions have existed between Haiti’s Vodouisants and missionary Christians for centuries.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, History, Nonfiction, Science & Nature
The Possessed: Dispatches from the Third Trimester
On pregnancy, demons, and Stranger Things.
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The Possessed: Dispatches from the Third Trimester
On pregnancy, demons, and Stranger Things.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Finding My Identity By the Light of My Mother’s Menorah
The African American son of a white mother, Santi Elijah Holley revisits Hannukahs past with his Jewish forebears.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Media, Nonfiction, Story
How the Guardian Went Digital
Remaking itself from a little leftie newspaper to a powerhouse of internet journalism required experimentation, transparency, and embracing uncertainty.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Helping My Son Choose Between the Cub Scouts and His Beliefs about God
Kate Abbott thought the Cub Scouts would be a great place for her son to make friends. Then they came across the ‘Duty to God’ requirements.
