People
The Distinct Anxiety of Interracial Dating
“The reality is that training wheels aren’t meant to last. They exist to be discarded after use.”
15 Minutes with Abdul Sattar, the Man Who Serves the Karachi Press
“The day you sit idle, you are inviting illness and despondency upon yourself. I don’t want to be dependent on anybody. I have too much self-respect.”
What Haunted Maurice Sendak?: A Comic
“I mean, the life of a child! What they see and what they hear, and what they choose not to discuss.”
15 Minutes with Arturo Talavera, Mexico City’s Photography Master
Arturo is a modern-day alchemist, creating beauty out of bending light, and capturing photons on glass, silver plates, and egg whites.
What I Imagined Motherhood Would Be, and What It Is
When you give birth to a life, you are also giving birth to a death.
How People Live and Pray Between Massacres
“I never knew my not looking like or having the accent of my father’s people would save my life.”
My Fathers and Hip-Hop Taught Me About Self-Care as A Black Man
If cancer and trauma are hereditary, is it not my responsibility to do everything in my power to ensure neither my children nor I have to suffer?
15 Minutes with Doug Schultz, a Ballet Class Pianist
Through Doug, I realized, musicians and writers have in common an invaluable quality: We get better as we mature.
When Your Immigrant Mother Fights For Your Education—And You Fail
With words, spelled correctly or not, I could say exactly how I felt: like my head was a ball of snakes, like something extraordinary for once.
Working Through the Constipations of Marriage
Beyond love and compatibility, you have to commit to getting through all the joys and struggles that happen . . . enema-rriage.