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  1. fiction
    Luster“Then I remember his wife, the coaster eases downwards, and we fall.”
    By Raven Leilani
  2. book excerpt
    Lost in the SystemA day in the life of a homeless single mother.
    By Lauren Sandler
  3. fiction
    Life Events: A Novel Excerpt“Here I was, joined in mourning with people I had never met before.”
    By Karolina Waclawiak
  4. book excerpt
    There’s a Divide in Even the Closest Interracial FriendshipsIncluding ours.
    By Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman
  5. fiction
    The Vanishing Half“Would they see her for what she was? Or rather, what she wasn’t?”
    By Brit Bennett
  6. fiction
    The Conditions of Deliverance“Nothing was better than aligning with one of Vern’s messages from God.”
    By Chelsea Bieker
  7. book excerpt
    The Last Time We Had SexThere is something vulgar about how careless he is with pleasure.
    By Stephanie Danler
  8. read with us
    Who Cares If Astrology Isn’t Real?It’s not a science — which is why I love it.
    By Claire Comstock-Gay
  9. read with us
    Our Mothers, Before UsWhat can we learn from images of the women we never met?
    By Edan Lepucki
  10. read with us
    Editing My Body“I’d just signed the form that said ‘paid: $6,043.00/male reconstructed chest.’”
    By Emerson Whitney
  11. read with us
    The Kind of Mother I’d BeBeginning a journey into the science of attachment.
    By Bethany Saltman
  12. read with us
    The Land’s Dank SecretsLucy will remember the hardness on Ma’s face years later. Was it resolve, or courage, or coldness?
    By C Pam Zhang
  13. read with us
    Like Any Good Sidekick“Laura could take over as the heroine if the situation demanded it.”
    By Emily Gould
  14. read with us
    A Sharpener of Knives“I typed ‘onion soup’ and ‘how to make’ into Explorer. I began to despair. I read the recipe. I read it again.”
    By Jessi Jezewska Stevens
  15. read with us
    I Promised You a Job, Not a Family“I agree to follow him to his home, and to perform the job of being his mother.”
    By Hilary Leichter
  16. read with us
    Room at the Table“Grace had the urge to introduce herself again, though that would be insulting.”
    By Vanessa Hua
  17. read with us
    It’s Relief to Be SeenAn excerpt from Paul Lisicky’s new memoir, Later, about living through the AIDS crisis.
    By Paul Lisicky
  18. book excerpt
    The Worst Friend Date I Ever HadI was hoping she was in the market for a new bff.
    By Samantha Irby
  19. ask a boss
    Job Interview Tips: How to Survive 10 Awkward SituationsWhat should you say when you don’t know the answer to a question? How do you explain you were fired?
    By Alison Green
  20. book excerpt
    An Everywoman and Her BodyI live in a world of thin people. I interview the famously thin. I know their habits, but I’m also aware that I am not one of them.
    By Marisa Meltzer
  21. fiction
    PicnicAn excerpt from Weather, a new novel about climate dread from the author of Dept. of Speculation.
    By Jenny Offill
  22. anniversaries
    Prabal Gurung’s Impossible DreamA new monograph offers a window into the designer’s decade-long journey to achieving his American dream.
    By Zoe Juanitas
  23. can’t spell fashun without fun
    A Reminder From Dior: Fashion Should Be FunDior: Moments of Joy captures the brand’s legacy of gaiety.
    By Katie Berohn
  24. book excerpt
    My Failed First Day As a CamgirlThere I was, decked out in lingerie, and this dude wanted to talk about pool maintenance.
    By Isa Mazzei
  25. first person
    The Night She Almost Killed YouIn an excerpt from her new memoir, Carmen Maria Machado begins to realize that her dreamy relationship is actually a nightmare.
    By Carmen Maria Machado
  26. fiction
    Red at the BoneIn this excerpt from Jacqueline Woodson’s new novel, a teenage daughter reckons with her mother’s past.
    By Jacqueline Woodson
  27. book excerpt
    All About BillRead Cathy Horyn’s introduction to Bill Cunningham: On the Street.
    By Cathy Horyn
  28. politics
    When You’re Not the ‘Pick of the Establishment’8 women on what it’s really like running for office.
    By Caitlin Moscatello
  29. first person
    Rick Springer Was an Activist in the World, a Terrorist at HomeMy stepfather was famous because he wanted to stop nuclear bombs, but privately he made our lives a war zone.
    By Rose Andersen
  30. fiction
    ‘On Account of the Beast’In this excerpt from Téa Obreht’s new novel, Inland, a frontierswoman awaits the return of her husband.
    By Téa Obreht
  31. book excerpt
    Not Your Grandmother’s Illegal AbortionPeople are training to provide manual vacuum aspirations, “menstrual extractions,” and other methods of abortion as bans proliferate.
    By Jennifer Block
  32. first person
    Donald Trump Assaulted Me, But He’s Not Alone on My List of Hideous Men“I made a list of hideous men in my life. It includes the president — who assaulted me in the dressing room of Bergdorf Goodman 23 years ago.”
    By E. Jean Carroll
  33. fiction
    ‘All This, After a Lifetime Bet on One Woman’In an excerpt from Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s novel, Fleishman Is in Trouble, a woman struggling with middle age observes her recently divorced friend.
    By Taffy Brodesser-Akner
  34. fiction
    Future CatMaggie found a way to make time go forward. But what she really wanted was a way to look back.
    By Xuan Juliana Wang
  35. book excerpt
    The Same Story About My MomI am good at stories. I’m also good at indignation.
    By Lynn Steger Strong
  36. book excerpt
    Watching the Internet React to the Worst Night of My LifeErin Lee Carr on her father’s death.
    By Erin Lee Carr
  37. marriage: an investigation
    What It’s Like to Watch Your Husband with Another Woman“It cannot be a porn scene. This is something you’re choosing to experience together as one aspect of your loving relationship.”
    By Lisa Taddeo
  38. fiction
    Period, Ellipsis, Full StopWhat happens when your new start comes to a halt?
    By Polly Rosenwaike
  39. book excerpt
    Jennifer Aniston Taught Me Everything I Need to Know About Break-upsIf Jen could be okay breaking it off with Brad Pitt and staying friends (allegedly), then I could be okay.
    By Alyssa Mastromonaco and Lauren Oyler
  40. remembering karl
    I Tried Karl Lagerfeld’s DietLosing weight with the designer’s regimen of Diet Coke and burnt quail.
    By Rebecca Harrington
  41. first person
    ‘I Didn’t Want the Killer to Take Everything From Me.’Two mothers of school-shooting victims remember what it was like.
    As told to Loren Kleinman and Amye Archer
  42. book excerpt
    Why Perfection Doesn’t Equal HappinessReshma Saujani’s Brave, Not Perfect explores the confusing, inconsistent, and impossible standards women set for themselves.
    By Reshma Saujani
  43. fiction
    Now Wait for This WeekA short story about bad men, rich roommates, and adult birthdays.
    By Alice Sola Kim
  44. first person
    An Uncomfortable InheritanceThe truth about my ancestry was always hiding in plain sight.
    By Dani Shapiro
  45. the body politic
    American Women Are Furious — and It’s Changing Our Country ForeverFemale anger could save our democracy. It’s not the first time.
    By Rebecca Traister
  46. book excerpt
    The Last Days of the Real LolitaAn excerpt from Sarah Weinman’s new book tells what happened to Sally Horner after the kidnapping that helped inspire Nabokov’s novel.
    By Sarah Weinman
  47. motherhood
    When Writers Become MothersAnd how my own mother helped me become both.
    By Laura June
  48. first person
    Novelist Deborah Levy Remembers Her Fearless Mother’s Last DaysIn this excerpt from her new memoir, The Cost of Living, Deborah Levy recounts her fearless mother’s life and death.
    By Deborah Levy
  49. new mom
    What If We Told Women the Truth About What Birth Can Do to Their Bodies?Pelvic pain and pelvic floor disorders are common after childbirth, but they are not normal.
    By Angela Garbes
  50. parenthood
    Can Scientists Tell Me If I’m a Good Mom?What happened when a team of neuroscientists observed my daughter and me.
    By Katherine Reynolds Lewis
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