The Wide, Wide World

Home Alone With the NYT

Getting Us Through Lily Scherlis - March 7, 2021 0

Last March, life was suddenly not good. In the real world, this was because people were dying, en masse, each alone; in the world...

Why Did Bridgerton Erase Haiti?

Bodies and Minds Marlene L. Daut - January 19, 2021 0

Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton novels are mostly populated with white people like the regency-era England where they take place. The London of Shonda Rhimes’s Bridgerton...

“Find Something New to Love”(as long as it’s not Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza)

The Wide, Wide World Monica Huerta - December 31, 2020 0

There's only one piece of dogma I’ve never questioned: Mexican Pizza is the best thing at Taco Bell. That makes the fact that in...

Home for the Wookiee Holidays

The Wide, Wide World Clara Bosak-Schroeder - December 13, 2020 0

Of all the beautiful moments in the original Star Wars Holiday Special, the one I hold most dear is a close-up shot of Malla’s...

On Almost Breastfeeding My Mother

Bodies and Minds Mary-Jane Rubenstein - December 8, 2020 0

Ping. I turn from the ungraded papers, unfolded laundry, and unsigned petitions piling up around me toward my phone, suddenly chirping out from under...

The Unlikely Activist

The Wide, Wide World Diane Josefowicz - October 29, 2020 0

In August, Omaha seethes. But downtown, in the Old Market, the bookstore is cool and dark. Books run up the walks and collect in...

The Wide, Wide World

Home Alone With the NYT

Why Did Bridgerton Erase Haiti?

“Find Something New to Love”(as long as it’s not Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza)

Home for the Wookiee Holidays

On Almost Breastfeeding My Mother

The Unlikely Activist

Pleasure-y Guilts!

Pleasure-y Guilts: The True Meaning of Christmas Movies

Pleasure-y Guilts: Little Debbie Zebra Cakes

Pleasure-y Guilts: Strawberry Shortcake Dolls

Pleasure-y Guilts: Collaging

Pleasure-y Guilt: Taylor Swift