Writing
Longform Journalism and Personal Essays
Profile
Portraying an Immortal Life
Renée Elise Goldsberry, star of Broadway’s Hamilton, takes on a new role as Henrietta Lacks, source of HeLa cells and decades of ground-breaking research.
art
News
24 PA Counties Can Begin Reopening; Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald Hopes Pittsburgh Area Will Follow Soon
State and local leaders manage the Covid-19 shutdown and reopening.
Pittsburgh, PublicSource
Sublimescapes
When Neighborhoods Are Like Wonder Bread
The rich decide they want a new kind of bread, a healthier, more enriched bread, and the market responds to their interests ... The same thing happens to neighborhoods.
gentrification, neighborhoods, race, Urban Nature News, Personal Field Guide
Sublimescapes
City Soundscapes
In the city, engines idle and rev, people pass by yelling and laughing ...
environment, Urban Nature News
Sublimescapes, Essay
I'm Going This Way
A 9-year-old son chooses his own path.
hiking, family, parenting, Personal Field Guide, relationships
Essay
A Sending
On the fate of my father’s 100 billion brain cells. And “thinking good thoughts.” And intimacy.
family, parenting, relationships, religion, death
Mark's Book
For the first time in human history, more people live in cities than in the countryside. And one in every three of these urban residents now lives in what the United Nations terms a slum — an informal settlement where land ownership is insecure.
Mark traveled around the world to gather stories from these places, to hear residents talk about their fears and struggles, their hopes and joys ... Read more.
Mark's Book
For the first time in human history, more people live in cities than in the countryside. And one in every three of these urban residents now lives in what the United Nations terms a slum — an informal settlement where land ownership is insecure.
Mark traveled around the world to gather stories from these places, to hear residents talk about their fears and struggles, their hopes and joys ... Read more.