‘Broken Horses: A Memoir,’ by Brandi Carlile: An Excerpt
MENINGITIS AND THE EARLY EDUCATION OF AN EMPATH The Carliles are nail-biters. I started biting my nails at three years old. Everyone told [...]
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‘Of Women and Salt,’ by Gabriela Garcia: An Excerpt
Carmen Miami, 2018 Jeanette, tell me that you want to live. Yesterday I looked at photos of you as a child. Salt soaked, [...]
‘How Beautiful We Were,’ by Imbolo Mbue: An Excerpt
We should have known the end was near. How could we not have known? When the sky began to pour acid and rivers [...]
‘The Smash-Up,’ by Ali Benjamin: An Excerpt
What happened? Everyone asked the question, had been asking since the election. They asked while watching the news, that storm of headlines, jump-cut [...]
‘Super Host,’ by Kate Russo: An Excerpt
THE DEMONS YOU’RE STUCK WITH In the hierarchy of linen stains, blood is at the top. Everyone thinks semen is the worst, but [...]
‘150 Glimpses of the Beatles,’ by Craig Brown: An Excerpt
1. One. Two. Three. Four. In their neat black suits and ties, Brian Epstein and his personal assistant Alistair Taylor make their way [...]
‘Earthlings,’ by Sayaka Murata: An Excerpt
Deep in the mountains of Akishina where Granny and Grandpa live, fragments of night linger even at midday. As we wound our way [...]
‘War: How Conflict Shaped Us,’ by Margaret MacMillan: An Excerpt
INTRODUCTION “War remains, as it always has been, one of the chief human mysteries.” —Svetlana Alexievich, The Unwomanly Face of War War. The [...]