I thought I had the talent to be an actor. A mercurial classmate gave me second thoughts.
May 20, 2023
The Price of a Father’s Labor
How the American Dream can become an American nightmare.
May 13, 2023
Let’s Randomize America!
A thought experiment in social reshuffling.
May 6, 2023
The Poet Who Became My Muse
In the late seventies, I fell in love with the poet Frank Stanford. His suicide would leave an indelible mark on my music.
April 22, 2023
The Unexpected Grief of a Hysterectomy
My uterus is causing me nothing but discomfort. So why am I so sad to lose it?
April 1, 2023
Is Abortion Sacred?
Abortion is often talked about as a grave act. But bringing a new life into the world can feel like the decision that more clearly risks being a moral mistake.
July 16, 2022
The Theft of the Commons
Across centuries, land that was collectively worked by the landless was claimed by the landed, and the age of private property was born.
June 8, 2022
The Beatle Who Got Away
Revisiting Stuart Sutcliffe’s role in the band’s breakthrough.
March 27, 2022
Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race
Thomas has moved from black nationalism to the right. But his beliefs about racism, and our ability to solve it, remain the same.
