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Posted inEditor's Pick

Ugly Cats and the Loneliness of Man

by Peter Rubin January 6, 2023January 6, 2023

“‘Pethood’ is a specific lens, one that reveals more about us than it does about the inner lives of the animals we have domesticated.”

Aerial view of Holman Prison in Atmore, Alabama.
Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads October 7, 2022October 19, 2022

This week, our editors recommend stories by Elizabeth Bruenig, Joshua St.Clair, Tan Tuck Ming, José Vergara, and Eleanor Cummins.

Posted inCulture, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘Almost Home’: On Place, Legacy, Growing Up in Atlanta, and Symbols of White Supremacy

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 12, 2021October 19, 2022

An essay on growing up in the South, legacy, and a place rooted in white supremacy.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Almost Home

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 6, 2021October 19, 2022

Pete Candler reflects on growing up in the South, legacy, and a place rooted in white supremacy.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

When Music Speaks to Our Experience

by Aaron Gilbreath March 4, 2019October 19, 2022

Anton Webern’s Concerto, Opus 24 had the structure that was missing from one young musician’s life.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes

Finding Time to Write Even During the Busiest of Times

by Sari Botton August 20, 2018October 19, 2022

How Jami Attenberg helped form a supportive online literary community with #1000WordsofSummer.

Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Quotes

I Paid $710 to Sneak Into This Club

by michelleweber July 20, 2018October 19, 2022

We wear slogan tees to signal our politics and identify ourselves to like-minded thinkers — but maybe they mask more than they reveal.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, History, Quotes

In the End, It’s All Just the Stories We Tell

by michelleweber May 17, 2018October 19, 2022

Diana Arterian’s sad, lyrical essay on the legacy of the Armenian Genocide in the diaspora centers on a family story that everyone has heard — but that no one knows the truth of.

Posted inArts & Culture, Quotes

The Rising Seas Are Coming From Inside the House

by michelleweber August 29, 2017October 19, 2022

On Game of Thrones and climate change: “Every city in the world is built on wildfire.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Fantasy of an Enemy

by michelleweber August 29, 2017October 19, 2022

“It’s still raining in Houston, and Game of Thrones is not a show about climate change, not really, because it’s possible to win The Game of Thrones.”

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