“Have the Liberal Arts Gone Conservative?” by Emma Green, The New Yorker
The political framing here is a bit unfortunate, because while the piece is “political,” it’s also about what an education should do. It’s the kind of story that gives you a bit of yes! no! whiplash: one minute you’re thinking yeah, great way to offer new educational opportunities to students in the Bronx! and the next you’re going ewwwwww oh NO ewwww and the next well, wait, hang on – I LOVE writing like this. We need more of it!
“My Husband Keeps Leaving Me,” Simone Gorrindo, the New York Times
Simone and I have been friends since we first met up in a West Village bar in 2011, when she was working as an editor and I was interning for Harper’s. Her forthcoming book, The Wives, is going to be so freaking stunning and beautiful and heartbreaking and if you haven’t preordered it yet, do so now. If you want a taste of her writing, check out this essay:
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