Understanding the Language of Female Breakups
Female friendship, however necessary it is in our lives, and for all the joy it brings us, for all its love and support and kindness and generosity, can be a real mindf***k when it ends.
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2017
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Notable Philadelphia: 8/1–8/7
Tuesday 8/1: Oral Presentations (Comedy Show). 8:30 p.m. at Good Good Comedy Theater, $5. Wednesday 8/2: Summer Coven: Had Me at Blast. Featuring: Alina Pleskova, Amy Saul-Zerby, Nicole Steinberg, Gina Myers, and…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Travel back in time to the scientific advances of the great eclipse of 1919. What’s the point of Sci-fi if it can’t help your with you business am I right?…
He’s All Goat
I stared up at him, at his new muscular legs, his blossoming body, his trunks, his glory, in awe. I waited as long as I could, pretending to turn the two options over in my head, before saying, “Suicide.”
Your Patriotism Isn’t Love, It’s Blindness
Love of country, some argue. With their boots firmly planted in my chest as I struggle to protest. No, that is not love, but blindness.
Next Letter for Kids: Cecil Castellucci
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from our fearless Children’s Correspondence Editor Cecil Castelluci! Our last letter came from illustrator Jose Pimienta, who worked with Cecil on her latest graphic…
Notable Los Angeles: 7/31–8/6
Monday 7/31: Barnard Women in Entertainment’s Reading and Conversation with Sheila Nevins for her new book You Don’t Look Your Age… and Other Fairy Tales. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. ALOUD…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Wake up and think about Emperor Norton. You wouldn’t think North Dakota would be leading the way in prison reform, yet here we are. The important questions: who invented the…
Misfits and Marriage: Talking with Taylor Larsen
Taylor Larsen discusses her debut novel, Stranger, Father, Beloved, writing about New England, falling in love with her characters, and the surprises of debut authorship.
Notable Twin Cities: 7/30–8/5
Sunday 7/30: Michael Brownlee will be presenting his book The Local Food Revolution: How Humanity Will Feed Itself in Uncertain Times. Common Good Books, 1 p.m., free. Monday 7/31: Tune up…
Notable NYC: 7/29–8/4
Saturday 7/29: New York City Poetry Festival. Governor’s Island, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., free. Sunday 7/30: New York City Poetry Festival. Governor’s Island, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., free.
The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #35: Moons and Mirrors, Fathers and Sons
So, I had a vision this morning in which I visited the moon. What’s that? You don’t have visions? Oh, my friend, you must learn to have visions; it is…