When it Takes Being Thrown to Learn How to Land
Just after her 40th birthday, former aerialist Joanne Solomon was thrown from her bicycle while riding on the Manhattan Bridge, and it set her life on a different course.
Father of Migrants
Alice Driver visits a migrant shelter in Juárez, Mexico where she meets migrants who appear to be in simultaneous state of movement and limbo, desperate to escape violence, poverty, and other misfortunes in their lives. Their desire for a better life often leads them to become victims of human trafficking.
After Marriage Equality, to Party or to Protest?
Two years after the passage of the Marriage Equality Act, Spenser Mestel looks back on his mixed emotions that day and his difficulty celebrating, particularly in light of four Supreme Court Justices dissenting.
My Father’s Adventure Was My Terror
Diana Whitney recalls traveling to Pakistan with her father at 13, and the dangers of a day trip to Peshawar that he was cautioned against taking.
The Tears of Denis Johnson
The writer showed his students and friends how to remain an artist, even when one becomes a kind of cult figure.
My Father’s Weakness for Beer Never Lessened His Strengths
A personal essay by Pauline Campos in which she reflects on her relationship with her functional alcoholic father, whom she believes never let his drinking interfere with being a good father.
David Brown’s Quiet Resilience
The former Dallas police chief is familiar with loss: Violence took his son, younger brother, and former partner. His response to the killing of five officers last July was inspiring. He’s not done giving back.
The Word Is ‘Nemesis’: The Fight to Integrate the National Spelling Bee
From a Hawk to a Dove
Vietnam Veteran Ray Cocks, who’d eagerly enlisted in 1967, was forever changed by the realities of war.
Snow, Death and Politics
While snowed in on the West Coast, Frances Badalamenti grapples alone with her father’s death on the other side of what feels like a dying country.
