Scars
A short story
Fiction
The First Draft of Cultural History
Lena Dunham’s new memoir is a fascinating primary source of Hollywood in the 2010s.
If You Want a Better World, Act Like You Live in It
We’ve had Henry David Thoreau the environmentalist, the libertarian, the life coach. To understand his influence, think of him first as a dissident.
The Publishing Mystery That No One Wants to Talk About
A minimally speaking autistic man just wrote a best-selling book. Or did he?
Six Books That Simply Must Be Talked About
These six books demand discussion—with a pal, a date, or a book club.
Nine Books to Reset Your View of the World
Each of these titles will widen your perspective, offering you original insight and vision.
Seven Books to Read When You Have No Time to Read
These titles are worth picking up, even if you have only a moment to spare.
Six Books You Can Get Lost In
These novels highlight the power—both good and bad—of unchecked fantasizing.
Died and Gone to Vegas
“That story’s sadder’n a armless old man in a room full of skeeters,” Raynelle said. “You sorry sons of bitches tell the depressingest lies I ever heard.”
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Some people say that when a woman moves 1,500 miles from her mate to get a Ph.D. in women’s studies, it’s the beginning of the end
A Country Killing
Albro was messed up, a snake eating its tail. He couldn’t think of anything but her hot, ringless hand, the big haunches under her dress
The Artist
He was a father, a husband, and a video artist, who created experimental films. But he hadn’t always been any of these things, and today his past was catching up with him
Rich
He knew he was a cliché: the groom with cold feet. But everybody has dobts , he told her. Didn’t she have any doubts?
The Stucco House
That was how things happened, Teddy decided. That was how God ran his game. He sat up there and thought of mean things to do and then changed his mind
Min
Even after all those years of feminist theory here she was, asking for criteria by which she should judge other women, hoping to find a suitable wife for her friend