Readings

The author of Hidden Valley Road on true crime reporting, family secrets, and finding stories. 

I followed a desire to witness, but not control, the inner workings of living things.

The author of Funny Weather on publishing a book during a global pandemic, the eternal appeal of outsider artists, and living with an oncoming sense of catastrophe.

Mom wasn’t interested in being the type of mother—or wife—who put her own life on the back burner

Prepared for every situation, even pandemic, mothers should be the ones on TV when our nation is under attack by terrorists or viruses.

The author of The Knockout Queen on craftsmanship, sexuality, and strength. 

A perfect engine of meaningless data creation; an otherworldly space-place where people could depressurize and sometimes succumb to madness; good even when they were bad.

Beowulf Thorne's cooking column for people with AIDS claimed the right to pleasure, but in each recipe was embedded an urgent appeal.

Race-based data has been collected in North America as far back as 1790. But what happens if you don't fit the categories society is trying to nudge you into?