Carolyn Wells

In this piece, Lukie Winkie asks, “[C]an anyone truly optimize their way back into the good graces of an ex?” The various “get-your-ex-back coaches” on the internet would have you think so.

This uncomfortable piece describes the coach tours that visit the site of the October 7th massacre in Israel. Already. The vast majority are from the US.

Conor Niland clearly has some bitterness toward his time on tennis tours, but he still presents a clear-eyed picture of the harsh realities of being a low-seeded player, struggling to improve your ranking.

Marilyn Monroe is causing a kerfuffle, well, a 26-foot statue of her is. Dan Kois explores the warring factions of Palm Springs, who can't decide if Seward Johnson's Forever Marilyn belongs there.

Mary H.K. Choi is searingly honest in her portrayal of coming to terms with an autism diagnosis at the age of 43—not holding back in exposing what she finds uncomfortable.

When Atossa Araxia Abrahamian's nursery shuts down she sets up a temporary day care in her home. It's chaos.

This is a disturbing insight into the lives of four Saudi princesses imprisoned in a palace compound by their father, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

A fascinating look at the courts of the Old Bailey, and the man who reports on them: Guy Toyn, the co-owner of the news agency Court News TV.

Hermann Meuter has spent decades documenting the return of fin whales to the coast of British Columbia, after their desimation by whale hunters.

This beautiful and intensely thoughtful essay by climber Michael Gardner was first published by Alpinist in Spring, 2024.