The *most* frequently recurring feedback from kids in student focus groups we've analyzed from grades 2 to 12 is that they want to go outside, go on field-trips, and do more hands-on experiential learning.

🟧 The new rules of media 20 lessons for digital media’s present and future

Well worth reading!

by @chaykak.bsky.social

onethingnewsletter.substack.com/p/the-new-ru...

@propublica.org is hiring a Climate Reporter to hold the powerful (ppl, gov't, corp.) accountable for the effects of climate change.

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An Artist Who Has Something in Common With Her Subjects (Gift Article) Rachel Handlin is possibly the first person with Down syndrome to receive an M.F.A., and one of just a few to hold a bachelor’s. Her first solo show features her portraits of others like her.

for @nytimes.com, I profiled Rachel Handlin, the first person with Down syndrome to receive a master's degree. Her solo show "strangers are friends I haven't met yet" runs until Dec. 21 at White Columns. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/s...

And let me thank @katedwyer.bsky.social for the wonderful, incredibly thoughtful NYT profile.

An Artist Who Has Something in Common With Her Subjects (Gift Article) Rachel Handlin is possibly the first person with Down syndrome to receive an M.F.A., and one of just a few to hold a bachelor’s. Her first solo show features her portraits of others like her.

for @nytimes.com, I profiled Rachel Handlin, the first person with Down syndrome to receive a master's degree. Her solo show "strangers are friends I haven't met yet" runs until Dec. 21 at White Columns. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/s...

Unraveling the 50-Year Mystery of the Body in the Basement The Scene was the hottest club in New York. After it closed, a teen girl’s remains were discovered inside, leaving authorities with a puzzle to solve.

In 2024, the remains of a teenage girl found in the basement of a Hell’s Kitchen basement were finally identified as 16-year-old Patricia McGlone. She’d been there since 1969, when the basement was a rock music club called Steve Paul’s The Scene.

I investigate her death & life for Rolling Stone:

The Sidewalk Fruit Vendor Who Sold a $6.2 Million Banana for 25 Cents (Gift Article) A 74-year-old immigrant who works outside Sotheby’s shares a basement in the Bronx and works 12-hour shifts. He was stunned to hear what his banana went for at auction.

A brilliant piece of arts journalism by Sarah Maslin Nir. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/n...

Y2K Perfect for fans of Jia Tolentino and Chuck Klosterman, Y2K is a delightfully nostalgic and bitingly told exploration about how the early 2000s forever changed us and the world we live in. THE EARLY 2...

Hi, I’m Colette. My history/memoir of the late 90’s and early 2000’s is out January 7 from @harpercollins.bsky.social. It got starred reviews from @ala-booklist.bsky.social and Publishers Weekly. But I need your help (🧵) www.harpercollins.com/products/y2k...

Writing for Adrienne at Esquire was a privilege — she was one of the few editors at mainstream outlets interested in showing how unruly, idea-driven stories about book publishing were relevant to a wider readership. Whoever hires her will be lucky.

“Throwing Yourself Into the Dark”: A Conversation with Anne Carson - The Paris Review “Just think about something and follow it down to where it gets true.”

For The Paris Review, Anne Carson and I discussed the nature of translation, her contract with the light, and making time stop.

www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/04...

For nearly 40 years, the Mendieta family has championed Ana Mendieta’s work in the art world. Today, there is more public interest than ever, and the estate is discovering some new challenges accompanying her ascent to global icon status. Today’s Styles cover story ♥️ www.nytimes.com/2024/03/02/s...

When an Artist Dies, Who Owns Her Story? The Cuban artist Ana Mendieta fell from a window of her 34th-floor apartment in 1985. Her family members have been fighting for control of her legacy ever since.

“Not only are we forced to relive her death over and over again, but we have no say in how she is being portrayed,” Ana Mendieta’s niece Raquel Cecilia told me, of the wave of narrative projects about her aunt. “How many times does she have to fall?”

www.nytimes.com/2024/03/02/s...

The High Priestess of the Personal The essayist Leslie Jamison has become known for her careful balancing acts of self-exposure.

“Being haunted can be a state of abundance,” Leslie Jamison told her Columbia MFA students recently. “Living in the ghost hotel is a state of abundance. Memories are raw material.”

For @nytimes.com, Leslie and I talked hybrid essays, SPLINTERS, and “the self.”

www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/s...

Has It Ever Been Harder to Make a Living As An Author? Those who are trying (including Tom Perrotta, Ayad Akhtar, and more) tell us what it's like.

for Esquire, I wrote about the realities of making a living as a novelist in today’s publishing landscape.

www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a457...