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The Writer Who Was Too Strong To Live

by Automattic October 28, 2016October 19, 2022

A heartbreaking story on alcoholism and a superstar sports journalist. Jennifer Frey soon disappeared from the business, and died earlier this year.

Books, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Story

Here is My Heart

by Megan Stielstra April 19, 2018October 19, 2022

Long after the shooting at her old high school, Megan Stielstra worries about her father’s heart. Part one of a three-part series on gun violence.

Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction

Writing the Monsignor

by maryoconn September 18, 2017October 19, 2022

Mary O’Connell recalls her college efforts to write about a scandalized priest from her youth.

Nonfiction

Finding the Soundtrack to My Desert Life

by Aaron Gilbreath April 25, 2018November 2, 2022

In the ’90s, discovering the music of Friends of Dean Martinez helped Aaron Gilbreath stop running and appreciate life in his native Arizona.

Miri Regev’s Culture War

by Automattic October 21, 2016October 19, 2022

A profile of Miri Regev, Israel’s brash, right-leaning minister of culture and sports. Regev is on a mission to uproot the country’s left-leaning, mostly Ashkenazi culturati to make more room for artists who share her Mizrahi (middle eastern Jewish) roots.

Blog Post, Current Events, Media, Nonfiction

For the New York Times, a Bittersweet Ending for its Public Editor Role

by Danielle Tcholakian May 31, 2017April 16, 2024

The publisher of the New York Times announced that the position of public editor is being eliminated. We look back at its history.

Current Events, Nonfiction

Two Brothers, Two Earthquakes

by Jesus Jimenez October 12, 2017October 19, 2022

On Sept. 19, 2017 a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Mexico, sending panicked residents fleeing into the streets. For two brothers the fear was familiar—they had experienced this exactly 32 years before.