Krista Stevens

Last year, Aaron Parsley wrote an unforgettable first-person account of catastrophic flooding in Kerr County, Texas.

Not so long ago, authors whose work smacked of AI would own up to help from the bot. Not so now, according to Vauhini Vara, who covers the scandal

Who among us hasn't wished for sunshine or hoped for rain? For Harper's Magazine , Wyatt Williams brings us a lyrical look at weather manipulation.

In 1935, over 60 percent of Kentucky's population had no access to libraries. Enter the Pack Horse Library Project, a New Deal program that put

Sheila Liming recalls watching a university library discard books to make room for a renovation.

For The Sun Magazine , Lisa Glatt recounts a difficult relationship with her mother, who died of breast cancer.

For The Atlantic , Ian Bogost writes an ode to the 747, the Boeing Company's over 50-year-old queen of the skies.

For The American Scholar , Jennifer Sinor looks at the precarity of birth, the certainty of death, and the impermanence of all things as she remembers

In this fun and humorous piece for The Atlantic , we get to ride shotgun with Caity Weaver as she visits yard sales, thrift stores, and, estate

In this excerpt from Sally Hayden's book, This Is Also a Love Story: A Reporter's Search for Goodness in a Cruel World, Yuji Akagawa, “a grandfather