This week, we’re sharing stories from Jonah Engel Bromwich, Ryan Goldberg, Meghan Daum, Alison Osius, and Joel Mowdy.
Meghan Daum
Posted inEditor's Pick
Species of Grief
In the wake of losing both her father and her dog in the space of six months, Meghan Daum muses on different experiences of loss, grief, time and aging.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Christian Miller, Megan Rose, and Robert Faturechi; Robin Hemley; David Gauvey Herbert; Ian Parker; and Meghan Daum.
Posted inBlog Post, Commentary, Current Events, Nonfiction
Is 2018 the Year We Step Away From Social Media?
Spending long periods of time reading people argue with one another on the internet can be wearying. So why do we do it?
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Can an Old Satire, Reborn, Survive the New Political Climate?
Meghan Daum is nervous about the reception for her reissued debut novel, a satire of small towns and coastal elites.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Quality of Life Report, 2017
A personal essay by author Meghan Daum in which she describes her trepidation around the re-issue of her 2003 debut novel, The Quality of Life Report. The book–about a New York television reporter who moves to the midwest–pokes fun at liberals, coastal elites and P.C. culture, and makes jokes about gender, race and class, all […]
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
‘The Most Difficult Essay I’ve Ever Written’: Meghan Daum on Her Mother
“If you asked me what my central grievance with my mother was, I would tell you that I had a hard time not seeing her as a fraud.”