By: Joshua Rothman, Doreen St. FĂ©lix, Graciela Mochkofsky, Ian Buruma, Sheila Heti, Ruth Margalit, Keith Gessen, Richard Brody, Caitlin Reid, Elizabeth Kolbert, Emily Witt, Peter Hessler, Louise GlĂĽck
The best thing about liking a boy was that it filled in all your time. You could lie on your bed and listen to music for an entire afternoon, daydreaming about him.