“When I was in high school, ambition meant two things: escaping my hometown and becoming a writer.”
adulthood
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Best Four Years of Your Life?
“My future — the vague, all-consuming ideal we’re taught to live for — felt like a more dominant force in my life than my present.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Legion Lonely
“For all these reasons—the socialization we receive as kids, as well as emotional restraint, homophobia, experiences of betrayal, and many others—many men stop confiding in each other, trusting each other, supporting each other, and expressing emotion around each other.”
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Riding the Highs and Lows with My Mom
On a night out in the Hollywood hills, Valentina Valentini’s lifelong role-reversal with her mother becomes upended.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
An Introduction To Death
Raising a teenager of her own offers author A.M. Homes a glimpse into her mother’s experience of raising her.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
An Introduction To Death
Raising a teenager of her own offers author A.M. Homes a glimpse into her mother’s experience of raising her.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
David Rakoff on the Downsides of Childhood
I had a beautiful childhood and a lovely childhood. I just didn’t like being a child. I didn’t like the rank injustice of not being listened to. I didn’t like the lack of autonomy. I didn’t like my chubby little hands that couldn’t manipulate the world of objects in the way that I wanted them […]