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A Brief History of Queer Language Before Queer Identity

A Brief History of Queer Language Before Queer Identity

"Shade Comes From Reading. Reading Came First." –Dorian Corey

By Jeanna Kadlec | May 13, 2019

Author Photos: A Taxonomy

Author Photos: A Taxonomy

What to Choose: Prominent Hands or the Bend and Clasp?

By Emily Temple | May 10, 2019

Finding My Mother in the Pages of Her Favorite Cookbook

Finding My Mother in the Pages of Her Favorite Cookbook

John McMurtrie on Bridging Generations with a
French Onion Soup Recipe

By John McMurtrie | May 10, 2019

'Original Fire,' <br>A Poem by Louise Erdrich

'Original Fire,'
A Poem by Louise Erdrich

From the Latest Issue of Freeman's

By Louise Erdrich | May 10, 2019

When Your Daughter Refuses to Be in Your Essay

When Your Daughter Refuses to Be in Your Essay

Beth Alvarado on the Boundaries of Memoir

By Beth Alvarado | May 10, 2019

On the Fine Details of New Life, and the Names We Give

On the Fine Details of New Life, and the Names We Give

Sarah Knott in the Moments After Birth

By Sarah Knott | May 10, 2019

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The Stories Mothers Never Tell

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Is It Still Punk When the Musician Makes It Big?

By Vivien Goldman | May 9, 2019

The Struggle to Learn Nonviolence in a Violent Place

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How the Bubonic Plague Almost Came to America

A Pompous Doctor, a Racist Bureaucracy, and More!

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Illustrating the Visual Illusions of Walter Benjamin's Mind

Illustrating the Visual Illusions of Walter Benjamin's Mind

On Wandering Through—and Recreating—a Writer's Marginalia

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A Library for the Ragpickers<br> of Bangalore

A Library for the Ragpickers
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By Alev Scott | May 9, 2019

In Memoriam: Stanley Plumly

In Memoriam: Stanley Plumly

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"Dead gay poets? Erotic violence? Sounds like a DiCaprio project."

By Emily Temple | May 8, 2019

Why Are American Men So<br> Obsessed with Steak?

Why Are American Men So
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Joshua Specht on Class, Gender, and the Consumption of Beef

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