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

The Problem With Nostalgia

by Michael Musto March 5, 2019October 19, 2022

Michael Musto argues that wearing rose-colored glasses always leads to an unfair distortion — looking back on the best of the past while comparing it to the worst of the present.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

The Problem With Nostalgia

by Michael Musto March 5, 2019October 19, 2022

Michael Musto argues that wearing rose-colored glasses always leads to an unfair distortion — looking back on the best of the past while comparing it to the worst of the present.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Even the Dogs

by Sari Botton March 4, 2019October 19, 2022

In an excerpt from her memoir, Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls, T Kira Madden recalls a harrowing adventure with her parents.

Posted inBooks, Editor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, First Chapters, Nonfiction

Even the Dogs

by Longreads March 4, 2019October 19, 2022

In an excerpt from her memoir, T Kira Madden recalls a harrowing adventure with her parents.

Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Featured, First Chapters, Nonfiction, Story

Even the Dogs

by Longreads March 4, 2019October 19, 2022

In an excerpt from her memoir, T Kira Madden recalls a harrowing adventure with her parents.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Real Danger on the Promenade

by Sari Botton March 2, 2019October 19, 2022

After coming out, Steffan Triplett considers rekindling a broken friendship, dancing with danger and mystery in a secluded area on the edge of town.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The First Time I Moved to New York

by Sari Botton October 29, 2018October 19, 2022

The fantasies Alexander Chee had of New York before he moved there didn’t fully prepare him for what it was like to love the city.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Boy Who Wasn’t My Boyfriend

by Sari Botton October 26, 2018October 19, 2022

In this personal essay, Allie Zenwirth falls in love within the confines of an all-male Chasidic school.

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

Marriage Proposal Follies

by Amy Deneson October 22, 2018October 19, 2022

After she proposes to her girlfriend, Amy Deneson rethinks what it means to wed.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

Marriage Proposal Follies

by Amy Deneson October 22, 2018October 19, 2022

After she proposes to her girlfriend, Amy Deneson rethinks what it means to wed.

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