The inside story of author Blake Bailey’s grooming of middle-school girls.
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Karen Russell: A Brutally Honest Accounting of Writing, Money, and Motherhood
“Every minute with her kids is work lost, and each minute writing subtracts from precious, un-price-able joy.”
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‘Some Things Never Leave You’: Christian Livermore on Poverty’s Indelible Marks
“For me, passing means trying to be anything other than what I was, and what I fear so desperately I always will be: poor white trash.”
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The Lessons of Lore
Ghost stories reveal our collective anxieties amid times of change.
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‘The Evanescence is the Thing’: Five Writers on the Power of the Dance Floor
Five reads on dancing, techno music, and rave and club culture.
Posted inHighlight, Science & Nature, Writing
How Should We Talk About Suicide Online?
“People are dying after joining a “pro-choice” suicide forum. How much is the site to blame?”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Mstyslav Chernov, Deborah Cohen, Marina Benjamin, Johanna Hoffman, and Gabriella Paiella.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Moving Literary Life Off the Page
For one poet, conducting a satisfying literary life off-page required living life outside the classroom.
