Have We Forgotten How to Read Critically?
Since the internet has made the entire world a library with no exits or supervisors, many readers treat every published piece of writing as a conversation opener, demanding a bespoke response.
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Goodbye to All of Them
People leave New York City all the time. It takes a special brand of narcissism to believe this big-old city cares why you left.
The Friend Who Showed Me How to Love
Sometimes we don’t know how to engage with the world until someone, and something, forces us to reckon with ourselves.
My Autistic Son Turned Me Into a Prolific Essayist
When her child was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, the author worried she’d forever lost her ability to write. But he helped her realize that she had more to say than ever.
How To Have the Best Weekend Ever: Mockingjay, Meghan Daum, + More
What we’ll be listening to, watching, and reading to sate our pop culture needs.
Where the Sick Go to Become Well
A spiritual quest took the writer, a former user, from Yale Divinity School to a 12-step program in her pursuit of sobriety. But does faith in a higher power really work?
Seinfeld’s Elaine Benes, a Woman Among Nebbishy Men, Is a Feminist Heroine
Not that there's anything wrong with that. On the sitcom's 25th anniversary, we count the ways.