An excerpt from Keith Gessen’s new novel, A Terrible Country, in which two very different brothers argue over the care of their aging grandmother. “We had had many arguments, but he was my brother; he had always been my brother.”
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My Brother Comes to Moscow
‘We had had many arguments, but he was my brother; he had always been my brother.’
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Rules For Departure
An excerpt from Rachel Z. Arndt’s new essay collection, Beyond Measure. While hitching a ride to a week-long bike tour, Arndt considers the rituals of leaving — and making a clean break.
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The Way We Treat Our Pets Is More Paleolithic Than Medieval
Hunter-gatherers tended to think of pets as part of the family, and so do we. But in other time periods, intimacy with animals has been more taboo.
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story
The Great Online School Scam
Students are performing worse than ever, but private companies are making millions.
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The Great Online School Scam
Students are performing worse than ever, but private companies are making millions.
Posted inBlog Post, Business & Tech, Nonfiction, Story
Blockchain Just Isn’t As Radical As You Want It To Be
On how a new administrative technology is being conflated with radical politics.
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How Lobbyists Normalized the Use of Chemical Weapons on American Civilians
Or, how we learned to stop worrying and love the gas.
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How Lobbyists Normalized the Use of Chemical Weapons on American Civilians
Or, how we learned to stop worrying and love the gas.
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The Thing about Women from the River Is That Our Currents Are Endless
Given a journal while hospitalized, Terese Marie Mailhot writes her way through generations of trauma.