“Across the Street”
Lee Martin
"The idea was to let their adult son live on his own. After years of group homes and institutions and finally time spend in their care, his parents—he an inventor, and she a dour, nervous woman—purchased a two-story house on Bay Meadows Court and helped their son move into a subdivision just inside the outer belt with its constant noise of traffic."
Why Soccer is the Most Universal Language on the Planet
Every Game is Its Own Story: An Epic, A Tragedy, and A Comedy, All at Once
A Close Reading of the ‘Censored’ Passages of The Picture of Dorian Gray
"Basil Only Likes Dorian as a Friend, We Promise!"
Loitering in 7-11 with Convenience Store Woman Author Sayaka Murata
Why Convenience Stores Are Microcosms of Society
Writers of the Zodiac: Playful Gemini? You Have a Way With Words
From Gwendolyn Brooks to Dashiell Hammett, Geminis are Curious and Creative
Dana Schwartz: Writing a Book Did Not Change My Life
Is There Such a Thing as the Mythic Writer's Life?
Why Do We Love Reading About Cheaters and Schemers?
Art Forgery, Faked Deaths, and More: A Reading List
The All-Too Human Cost of Appalachia’s Fracking Boom
America's Answer to Energy Scarcity Has Always Been to Dig Deeper
Dear Book Therapist: How Do I Survive My C- Marriage?
One Letter-Writer Wants to Retreat from the World; Another to Find Peace in It
Ahmed Saadawi Wants to Tell a New Story About the War in Iraq
"The Job of the Writer is to Give a Voice to Unknown People"
On the “Future Shock” of David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs
Taking Sci-Fi Inspiration from Nineteen Eighty-Four and Metropolis
What Happens When Your Tenant Won’t Stop Renovating Your House?
Vikki Warner on Handling Sticky Situations as a Landlord
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