The Electric Typewriter
Great articles and essays by the world's best journalists and writers.by Mark Jacobson
They’re in every Starbucks and coffee shop; even sometimes in churches. Who are they? What are they typing? Don’t they have a job? For the first time, one of these strangers speaks.
by David Wong
What do monkeys have to do with war, oppression, crime, racism and even e-mail spam? All of the random ass-headed cruelty of the world suddenly makes perfect sense once we go Inside the Monkeysphere.
by Lindy West
I watched 146 minutes of Sex and the City 2, and all I got was this religious fundamentalism.
As Chosen by Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay, author, essayist, editor (at Pank, The Rumpus and Bluestem), and professor, has picked 10 of her favourite essays for us. As she rightly says, “their excellence speaks for itself”:
The Love of My Life by Cheryl Strayed
Notes From a Unicorn by Seth Fischer
Time and Distance Overcome by Eula Biss
No Man’s Land by Eula Biss
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
My Foreign Mom by Mary HK Choi
Imagining Myself in Palestine by Randa Jarrar
Peyton’s Place by John Jeremiah Sullivan
Symbolism and Cynicism by Tayari Jones
Being Poor by John Scalzi
Occasional Dispatches From the Republic of Anhedonia
by Colson Whitehead
An archive of her online fiction, reviews, essays, and interviews is here, along with links to her numerous print publications. She also runs an amazing Tumblr… so get involved.
by Roxane Gay
The idea that there is a right way to be a woman, a right way to be the most essential woman, is ongoing and pervasive.
by Mark O’Connell
Could a one-hour video of someone whispering and brushing her hair change your life?
by Mindy Kaling
in the romantic-comedy world there are many specimens of women who do not exist in real life. Here are some examples…
