Captain Scott took jars to the Antarctic with him, and Edmund Hillary took one up Everest. Marmalade is part of the British national myth. Livvy Potts wants to know why.
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Longreads Best of 2019: Food Writing
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in food writing.
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Meet The Black Women Upending The Romance Novel Industry
Bim Adewumni reports on three black women at Kensington Publishing who bring romance novels with black protagonists to the marketplace.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
McDreamy, McSteamy, and McConnell
Congressional fan fiction is real, it’s glorious, and it might be reshaping our political world.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
Inking Against Invisibility
In the face of chronic pain, invisible illness, and medical discrimination, Talia Hibbert turned to tatoos to reclaim ownership of her body.
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The Lie of ‘One Last Time’ with My Ex
Ella Dawson learns about the perils of break-up sex the hard way.
Posted inBooks, Commentary, Uncategorized
This Month In Books: ‘You Talk a Lot Don’t You?’
This month’s books newsletter is pretty chatty for a topic that’s supposedly the pastime of introverts!
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In Sickness, In Health — and In Prison
Most people know prisoners can marry. Few remember the co-ed prison, the impromptu courthouse wedding and the Supreme Court ruling that allows them to do so.
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Reading Lessons
You never stop learning how to read — probably because you also never stop forgetting how to read.
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Carly Rae Jepsen’s Exhilarating, Emotionally Intelligent Pop Music
Although music often involves emotional expression, pop star Carly Rae Jepsen has built a career and a persona out of big, unguarded emotions, a range that could be called “too muchness,” which is just right for some of us.
