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Posted inEditor's Pick

Exilium Vita Est: The Island Home of Victor Hugo

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 9, 2019October 19, 2022

Emma Jacobs takes us on an illustrated journey of Hugo’s writing life in exile on Guernsey, where he completed Les Misérables.

Posted inStory

Exilium Vita Est: The Island Home of Victor Hugo

by Emma Jacobs September 9, 2019January 27, 2023

Emma Jacobs takes us on an illustrated journey of Hugo’s writing life in exile on Guernsey, where he completed Les Misérables.

Illustrator Kate Gavino walks a group of dogs in Paris and speaks in French when giving commands.
Posted inNonfiction

Unleashed in Paris

by Kate Gavino April 3, 2019October 19, 2022

As a semi-professional dog walker in Paris, expat Kate Gavino has found a comfortable way to learn French.

Illustrator Kate Gavino walks a group of dogs in Paris and speaks in French when giving commands.
Posted inNonfiction, Story

Unleashed in Paris

by Kate Gavino April 3, 2019October 19, 2022

As a semi-professional dog walker in Paris, expat Kate Gavino has found a comfortable way to learn French.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Sports, Story, Unapologetic Women, Uncategorized

A Woman’s Work: Home Economics* (*I Took Woodworking Instead)

by Carolita Johnson June 20, 2018October 19, 2022

Carolita Johnson tallies the costs and benefits of love and cohabitation as a woman artist living in a patriarchy.

Posted inQuotes

The Stories We Don’t Tell

by michelleweber April 25, 2018October 19, 2022

How many not-quite-parents are bearing the pain of miscarriage silently and alone?

Posted inEditor's Pick

Expecting

by michelleweber April 24, 2018October 19, 2022

“At family gatherings people handed me glasses of wine, and I drank them. I ate soft cheese and deli meats. I lived the life of non-pregnant Lucy, knowing all the time that I was pregnant Lucy and everything around me was wrong.”

Posted inArts & Culture, Commentary, Current Events, Story, Unapologetic Women

Me Too, Except I Didn’t Stay Silent

by sukjonghong1 January 5, 2018October 19, 2022

In the places I’ve worked, sexual harassment was identified as something that could destroy an organization. It was a story with consequences.

Posted inFeature

Home is a Cup of Tea

by Candace Rose Rardon July 3, 2017October 18, 2022

Sketch artist and writer Candace Rose Rardon tells the story of her search for home through the different teas she has discovered while traveling.

Posted inBlog Post, Uncategorized

The ‘Smashing Things Together’ Approach to Editorial Illustration

by kjellreigstad June 14, 2017October 19, 2022

Art Director Kjell Reigstad’s insights on editorial illustration.

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