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.
Jessica Gross
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Finding Comfort in Small Spaces
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
Jessica Gross considers her preference for certain types of confinement.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction
Finding Comfort in Small Spaces
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
“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
“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
“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
“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.”