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Alice Driver

Posted inNonfiction

Motherhood on the Line

by Alice Driver December 2, 2020October 18, 2022

Three asylum seekers navigate coronavirus and climate change at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads September 4, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Rukmini Callimachi, Annie Waldman and Joshua Kaplan, Jesmyn Ward, Hillery Stone, and Alice Driver.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

Death as a Work of Art

by Krista Stevens September 1, 2020October 19, 2022

“He tried to explain that the tomb was his final creative act, one that he would make with love, as he had made ceramics daily for the past forty-four years.”

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Story

What’s Love Got to Do With It?

by Alice Driver August 11, 2020November 4, 2022

“Although the world has made space for more diverse women, we are still expected to fill the role of the one who wants to be loved, to be a mother when perhaps we only ever wanted to paint, to write, to explore the world alone, on our own terms.”

Posted inStory

My Spoon, Your Bullet

by Alice Driver December 17, 2019December 30, 2022

Alice Driver reports from the November protests against the Colombian government of President Iván Duque Márquez.

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Story

¡Ay qué niñas!

by Alice Driver June 20, 2019October 19, 2022

Niños migrantes, muchos de los cuales son menores no acompañados, viajaron a la frontera de los Estados Unidos para escapar de violencia y pedir asilo. ¿Alguien está escuchando sus historias?

Posted inNonfiction

Oh, Girl!

by Alice Driver June 20, 2019February 24, 2023

Migrant children, many of whom are unaccompanied minors, are traveling to the U.S. border to escape violence and seek asylum. Is anyone listening to their stories?

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Story

El camino al asilo

by Alice Driver June 29, 2018October 19, 2022

Las mujeres trans migran para escapar de la violencia y mantenerse con vida. Alice Driver acompañó a una de estas mujeres en su viaje.

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Story

The Road to Asylum

by Alice Driver June 29, 2018October 19, 2022

Trans women migrate to escape violence and stay alive. Alice Driver accompanied one of these women on her journey.

Posted inEditor's Pick

No Journalist Should Have to Know How to Survive in Prison

by Sari Botton May 4, 2018October 19, 2022

After a recent trip to Myanmar, Alice Driver considers the ever-present dangers for journalists there and in Mexico, where she lives.

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