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Jessica Gross

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Science & Nature, Story

Why Bugs Deserve Our Respect

by Jessica Gross July 2, 2019October 19, 2022

Fruit flies helped us win six Nobel prizes in medicine. Architects have been inspired by termite hills. Ecologist Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson explains why bugs are so essential to the world we live in.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Finding Comfort in Small Spaces

by Sari Botton September 24, 2018October 19, 2022

In this personal essay, Jessica Gross considers her preference for certain types of confinement.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

Finding Comfort in Small Spaces

by Jessica Gross September 24, 2018October 19, 2022

Jessica Gross considers her preference for certain types of confinement.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction

Finding Comfort in Small Spaces

by Jessica Gross September 24, 2018October 19, 2022

Jessica Gross considers her preference for certain types of confinement.

Posted inNonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

Interview: Simon Rich on Guilt, Humor Writing, and Being the Worst Person Ever

by Longreads October 14, 2014October 19, 2022

“I’m certainly as revolting and privileged and narcissistic as any of the hipsters described in my book, if not more so. I mean, there’s nobody worse than me.”

Posted inNonfiction, Profiles & Interviews

Interview: Simon Rich on Guilt, Humor Writing, and Being the Worst Person Ever

by Longreads October 14, 2014October 19, 2022

“I’m certainly as revolting and privileged and narcissistic as any of the hipsters described in my book, if not more so. I mean, there’s nobody worse than me.”

Posted inNonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

Interview: Caitlin Moran on the Working Class, Masturbation, and Writing a Novel

by Longreads September 25, 2014October 19, 2022

“I’m very much a bitch-gotta-pay-rent girl. I worked my way up from the ghetto and I think women should be paid for their great ideas.”

Posted inNonfiction, Profiles & Interviews

Interview: Caitlin Moran on the Working Class, Masturbation, and Writing a Novel

by Longreads September 25, 2014October 19, 2022

“I’m very much a bitch-gotta-pay-rent girl. I worked my way up from the ghetto and I think women should be paid for their great ideas.”

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