Rekindle
Becoming an American Girl: Lessons from The Babysitter’s Club
If we had left Venezuela, it had to be because life in America was going to be better, but the BSC world didn’t seem inherently better—just different.
Living in Translation, or Why I Love Daffodils, an Unpopular Postcolonial Flower
For generations, Indians had to learn a poem about a flower most would rarely see.
What I Read When I Was Radioactive
The cruel logic of cancer therapy is that what kills the malignant could also kill the benign.
Atrophy of the Author: In Fanfiction, Writers and Readers Are on More Equal Ground
There is an equivalence between fanfiction writers and readers: we’re in this together, united by our mutual passion for media.
Gabrielle Bellot and Megan Milks: Baldwin, Machado, and Other Writers Who Made Us Bolder
“What do we want? Livable lives. Thriving communities. The right to our bodies and our desires. Love. Resilience. Possibility. Queer genius.”
A Cure to Feeling Like You Need to Be Cured: Talking to Sayaka Murata in Tokyo
I go to Japan, pulled like a magnet, to see what is mine, undiscovered or forgotten; to see what will never be mine; and to find some way to reconcile the two.
5 Books Recommended By Entrepreneurs For Entrepreneurs
It is said that billionaire Bill Gates used to read up to 50 books in a year. Many people read books for different purposes. Some do it for their leisure while some read them for improving themselves. Most of the entrepreneurs who you will ever have the chance to meet, would suggest you to read […]
Eventually, I Had to Lead: On Learning the Dance (and Writing the Book) That Scared Me
Tango is not a thing that can be done halfway. Neither, I learned, is memoir. You’re either all in, or you’re dishonest.
Get Down to Work or God Help You: Reading Etty Hillesum
When Etty wrote to herself, I heard her speaking to me, and I took her words to heart.
Mary McCarthy’s “The Group”: Three Queer Readings
“I think of McCarthy and ‘The Group,’ giving me language to understand myself before I even knew that’s what I needed.”