Suggested Readings: Human Origins, a Rat Disaster, and the Confederate Flag
...The trouble with mammograms (Wired) by Megan Molteni In recent decades, doctors have gotten really good at detecting tumors in patients’ breasts. The problem? According to a new study, the...
The Turn-of-the-Century Lesbians Who Founded The Field of Home Ec
...Martha Van Rensselaer—not only did they live in an open and acknowledged lesbian relationship, writes Megan Elias, but they helped found the field of home economics, a subject not always...
Full Disclosure: Why We Say Too Much When We Write Online
...vortex, eagerly fulfilling our desires for expression, approval, and entertainment?” Megan Brown wonders, in an article about teaching personal narrative. “As an instructor of an autobiography course, I have frequently...
The Olympics, Dave Eggers, and Your Idiot Brain
...in Alaska. His book What is the What was a postmodern experiment in world literature; an interesting critique of it can be read here. You Will Know Me is Megan...
Do You Suffer from Library Anxiety?
...among them—and library anxiety’s impact can even be seen in popular culture, according to Eamon Tewell, who suggests library-based fear is evident in Megan Mullally’s portrayal of the manipulative public...
Suggested Reading: Birthright Citizenship, Horror of Lip-Smacking, the Color of Music
...people (Slate) by Megan Cartwright Do you find yourself wanting to run out of the room when other people are chewing food and smacking their lips? You may have a...
Why Bias Helps News Channels—and Maybe Viewers Too
MSNBC recently signaled that it was moving away from the liberal-leaning shows it’s become known for and toward more straight news reporting. Writing in The Atlantic, Megan Garber suggests that...
Meat and Potatoes: The Reminiscences of Alonzo Davis
In April 1863, the men of the 4th California infantry were hungry. They were posted at Drum Barracks outside of Los Angeles, and were preparing to march to Arizona to...
Waking the Spirits: The Diaries of John A. Clark
The archival box containing John Clark’s leather-bound diaries is heavy; this is because it contains twenty-five leather-bound journals, filled with meticulous entries and some intermittent maps detailing Clark’s daily life...
Searching for Emmett Mills
It was springtime, in 1920. Three men disembarked from a train in a high desert town and loaded their luggage into a chauffeured car. The men swayed, bumped, and jostled...