by Sally Bliumis-Dunn The white and black squares promise order in the morning mess of mulling over the latest political morass, what’s on sale at Kohl’s, the book review. Each letter, shared, which […]
“Crossword”
Why You Should Stop Hating Your Body & Just Be Happy
This was really hard for me to write. 2003. I’m standing in front of the mirror. There’s a sliver of light between my thighs, and I think, “Oh, thank god.” I briefly contemplate…
Stamp out Doormatism
“In Paris there’s ‘The Society for Encouragement’. I’m sure it has nothing to do with helping doormats, but wouldn’t it be great if it did? And there are countless books written and […]
“The Newborns”
“The Newborns” by Kathryn Hunt All through the night, all through the long witless hallways of my sleep, from my hospital bed I heard the newborn babies cry, bewildered, between worlds, like new […]
Like? Whatever: Likability and the Nonfiction Writer
by Jennifer Niesslein Until my memoir came out, I had no idea how many people did not want to be friends with me. . . . . . . Strayed puts it […]
GHAZAL: FREEDOM IN AMERICA
by Alicia Ostriker My grandfather’s pipe tobacco fragrance, moss-green cardigan, his Yiddish lullaby When I woke crying: three of my earliest memories in America Arriving on time for the first big war, […]
Eucalyptusexy
Favorite siren voice Ann Rosenquist Fee from the chilly climes of Minnesota gives us the secret to “hot January love.” With the help of filmmaker Jacob Strunk. Wowza. I feel warm already. […]
Invisible Women
“This Week in the War on Women” by Laura Wnderer “This morning, while taking my dog for a leisurely half-hour walk, I listened to Weekend Edition on NPR. In that half hour, […]
New York City Loses Another Young, Creative Woman
I Am Not My Job: Why I Left New York City by ALECIA LYNN EBERHARDT “It was Patti Smith who said, in a talk at Cooper Union in 2010, that “New York has closed itself […]
Stolen Girls
by Elizabeth Searle “Help me,” kidnapping victim Amanda Berry told a 911 operator on her way to escaping captivity in Cleveland. “I’ve been kidnapped and I’ve been missing for ten years and I’m, […]
The Gloria Sirens 