The life-long writer, teacher, and activist believed she could save a piece of land or a species, but after her brother took his life, she questioned her optimism and how to grieve for him and the planet.
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Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
The Wind Sometimes Feels in Error
Each year the balloon strained and strained against its cords.
Posted inArts & Culture, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Shelved: Jimmy Scott’s Falling In Love Is Wonderful
Greed and contractual disputes kept one beloved jazz singer’s masterpiece off the shelf for 40 years, and sent him into retirement.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture, Current Events, Highlight, Quotes
Duchess Meghan and the New Multiculturalism of the House of Windsor
In an essay for the Guardian, writer and journalist Margo Jefferson considers how the new multiculturalism of the House of Windsor has refreshed the royal house’s relevancy and appeal. Markle majored in international relations and theatre at Northwestern University, Illinois. Besides becoming an actor, she became a feminist who worked for UN Women as an advocate for political […]
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“I Miss My Body When It Was Ferocious”: The Transfiguration of Paul Curreri
For years, singer-songwriter Paul Curreri was a shouter of singular beauty. Then he went quiet — slowly, at first, then all of a sudden.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
What to Do With a Man Who Has a Story, and a Gun
Lisa Romeo recalls her first college romance, when she was willing to overlook a lot — until she wasn’t.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
What to Do With a Man Who Has a Story, and a Gun
Lisa Romeo recalls her first college romance, when she was willing to overlook a lot — until she wasn’t.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
Stumbling Into Joy
The electric bass chose her, but it took 44 years to heed the call.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story
Alexa de Paris
Miles Marshall Lewis remembers a love of Prince and Paris.
Posted inArts & Culture, Crime, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Story
True Crime and the Trash Balance
True crime has a reputation for being trashy, but a recent renaissance has it tipping into advocacy.
