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Great articles and essays by the world's best journalists and writers.

Great Articles by Elizabeth Gilbert

Great articles by the author of Eat, Pray, Love

Articles and Essays

The Muse of the Coyote Ugly Saloon

"I gave a lot of good counsel at the Coyote Ugly Saloon. I certainly gave a lot of advice to men who’d fallen in love with their bartenders. It was a perennial problem. It was, after all, pretty much the whole point of the place."

Long Day's Journey

"The way another woman might, on a first date, suddenly picture herself having a baby with the guy across the table, what I pictured was this: me and him, eating a duck’s liver together in a ditch."

The Last American Man

"He’s got perfect vision, perfect balance, perfect reflexes and travels thorugh life with perfect equanimity. He is smart and fearless and believes he can do anything he sets his mind to - like saving America."

The Ghost

On the road with Nashville's prodigal grandson