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The Point

Author Annie Ernaux against a green background.
Posted inReading List

Questioning the Stories We Hold: A Reading List Inspired by Annie Ernaux

by Bekah Waalkes January 19, 2023January 19, 2023

Five stories that question the stories we hold about ourselves.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads January 24, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Michael Barajas, Evan Ratliff, Andrew Mckirdy, Raffi Khatchadourian, and Agnes Callard.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story

Regarding Joan Miró

by Sophie Beck December 25, 2018October 19, 2022

How can the life of a famous surrealist painter be so drabbly predictable?

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads June 8, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Amanda Mull, Allegra Hobbs, Andrew O’Hagan, Andrew Kay, and Joe Veix.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Wrestling in Paris

by benhuberman June 7, 2018October 19, 2022

A pilgrimage to the 2017 World Championships makes Andrew Kay wonder: is wrestling a metaphor for current global politics, or have global politics become increasingly wrestling-like?

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes

Joan Didion and the Nature of Narrative

by Aaron Gilbreath November 27, 2017October 19, 2022

Assessing Joan Didion’s legacy reveals a fascination with the nature of narrative that often supersedes the author’s subjects.

Graffiti on the sidewalk reading "i saw you on tinder"
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Quotes

A Life Measured in Swipe-Rights

by michelleweber May 12, 2017October 19, 2022

Andrew Kay found himself on the dating scene and the academic job market at the time time, living life as one long interview.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Pilgrim at Tinder Creek

by michelleweber May 11, 2017October 19, 2022

Life as an audition: the job market, the dating market, and the way we construct ourselves to impress.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Quotes

The Boundless Possibility and Boundless Boredom of the Open Road

by michelleweber February 17, 2017October 19, 2022

Jacob Hoerger, in The Point, pens an essay on cars, road trips, and how they force us to create our own meaning.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Driving America

by michelleweber February 15, 2017October 19, 2022

“Liberated by technology and disillusioned of the road-trip myth, the latter-day road tripper must face directly the fact that traveling in itself is phenomenally boring.”

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