Rise Up, Writers!
In Pacific Standard, Colette Shade writes about journalism, health, and unions: One day, about three months in, two of my bosses took me into a small conference room. They told…
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Lyz Lenz
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Lyz's writing has been published in the New York Times Motherlode, Jezebel, Aeon, Pacific Standard, and others. Her book on midwestern churches is forthcoming from Indiana University Press. She has her MFA from Lesley and skulks about on Twitter @lyzl. Lyz is a member of The Rumpus Advisory Board and a full-time staff writer for the Columbia Journalism Review.
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Inmates Yelp for help. What it’s like to never taste falafel, or anything at all. Obama gives up on a grand unified theory of college ranking systems. Why no redheads,…
Teaching Nonviolence in an Age of Violence
When I was a young girl, my father transcribed from memory some of King’s great speeches and asked me to memorize them myself. Later, he bought old records with recordings…
The Complexities of Litchat
Laura Miller writes in the New Yorker about litchat and legacy: In fact, litchat has assumed an ever-greater role in criticism because so much of what once happened privately and…
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You can run, you can hide, but you can’t escape the Internet. Why do we hate the new Google? Hacking victims and empathy. What do those emails really say about…
What to Call the Penis?
Kim Devereux outlines some rules for writing good sex. (But never bad sex.) Do go for the etymological dictionary for epithets that feel historical: like, membrum virile, arbor vitae (from the…
Why Internet Comments Suck
Wittgenstein explains why discourse on the Internet sucks. And it’s not just because of your crazy uncle. So, language is quicksand—except it’s not. Unlike the parlor tricks of the deconstructionists who…
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Software is better than your psychiatrist. The human carnage of Amazon. Uterus transplants! Only science can answer your questions. All hail the King of Reddit.
Everyday You’re Hustlin’
If you’re not making enough money, or if you’re stuck in a dead-end job that you’re overqualified for, it’s because you just aren’t hustling hard enough. It most certainly is…
The Economics of a Childhood Summer
At Longreads, Elissa Strauss analyzes the economics and frustrations that come with giving low-income children a summer.
AWP Is (Apparently) Not Us
Publisher’s Weekly has a detailed breakdown of the AWP debacle that has consumed writerly conversations this past week.
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The smartphone is the new washing machine. Your ad blocker pain is someone else’s gain. Clutch your pearls! Women are using technology to have sex. Science wants all you kids…