Friday Night Flames: How Wildfires Threatened One High School’s Football Season

Friday Night Flames: How Wildfires Threatened One High School’s Football Season

Madeleine Orr Considers the Impact of Climate Change on Athletics

By Madeleine Orr | May 13, 2024

What Happens When You Read Your Mother’s X-Rated Novel

What Happens When You Read Your Mother’s X-Rated Novel

Kate Feiffer on Female-Authored Erotica As a Form of Social Critique

By Kate Feiffer | May 13, 2024

Reading Radically: A Reading List of the 1960s and 70s Protest Movements to Understand Activism Today

Reading Radically: A Reading List of the 1960s and 70s Protest Movements to Understand Activism Today

Jessica Shattuck Recommends Cathy Wilkerson, James Kunen, Abe Peck, and More

By Jessica Shattuck | May 13, 2024

Continual Self-Revision: Bee Sacks on Coming Out As a Nonbinary Author

Continual Self-Revision: Bee Sacks on Coming Out As a Nonbinary Author

“I have become a text that revises themself, that will revise themself every day, every day until the last day.”

By Bee Sacks | May 13, 2024

Colson Whitehead has withdrawn as a 2024 commencement speaker. Who will be next?

Colson Whitehead has withdrawn as a 2024 commencement speaker. Who will be next?

By Dan Sheehan | May 10, 2024

Ben Stiller will channel his best Norman Mailer in a new true crime movie.

Ben Stiller will channel his best Norman Mailer in a new true crime movie.

By James Folta | May 10, 2024

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One great short story to read today:
Lydia Davis's "Break it Down"

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You Are Being Lied to About Gaza Solidarity Camps by University Presidents, Mainstream Media, and Politicians

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Lolita is Nabokov: On the Parallel Histories of the Writer and His Most Famous Character

Lolita is Nabokov: On the Parallel Histories of the Writer and His Most Famous Character

Monika Zgustova Explores Childhood Sexual Abuse and Its Aftermath, On and Off the Page

By Monika Zgustova | May 10, 2024

The Breasts Make the Woman... Or Do They? On Having (and Losing) a Pair

The Breasts Make the Woman... Or Do They? On Having (and Losing) a Pair

Sarah Thornton Explores Body Dysmorphia After a Double Mastectomy

By Sarah Thornton | May 10, 2024

Invisible Women: On the Victorian Custom of Cutting Mothers Out of Portraits

Invisible Women: On the Victorian Custom of Cutting Mothers Out of Portraits

Ellen O’Connell Whittet Considers the Photographic Evidence of Maternal Erasure

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | May 10, 2024

A new report tracks workplace retaliation against pro-Palestinian media workers.

A new report tracks workplace retaliation against pro-Palestinian media workers.

By Brittany Allen | May 9, 2024

One great short story to read today: </br>Rebecca Curtis's

One great short story to read today:
Rebecca Curtis's "Hansa and Gretyl and Piece of Shit"

By Emily Temple | May 9, 2024

Against the objectification of books (or, some thoughts on The Discourse).

Against the objectification of books (or, some thoughts on The Discourse).

By Brittany Allen | May 9, 2024

What’s Wrong With PEN America, and Why We Need It To Survive

What’s Wrong With PEN America, and Why We Need It To Survive

For Maris Kreizman, Dissent is Not Censorship

By Maris Kreizman | May 9, 2024

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