creative non-fiction
Non-fiction essays written in a literary style.
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Play that Habibi Funk, white boy
The year is 2012. The streets of Casablanca are full of promise. Young people, dissatisfied with their current government, are organizing protests and demanding reforms. The Arab Spring movement is taking North Africa by storm and leaving revolutionary sparks in its wake. But – for now – Casablanca is a city just like any other.…
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On the backbone of a teenage girl
Content warning: This article includes descriptions of medical procedures and discussions of suicidal thoughts. The sky over the Royal National Ortopaedic Hospital is gray. It’s not raining yet, but it is may as well be. It’s late October, and the trees outside are just turning yellow. The glass buildings of the RNOH look like spaceships,…
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The game that sparked an industry
About 18 miles outside of Salt Lake City, Utah, a group of young men are gathered around a tall white cabinet. Their polo shirts are tucked into their slacks, and their hair is short. The cabinet has a steering wheel attached to its front. One of the men is stomping on the accelerator pedal at…
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Saying “No” to Michigan
When I met my colleague Ryan in-person for the first time, he came into the office wearing a maize and blue striped tie. “Surely,” I had to ask. “You aren’t a Wolverine?” “Go Blue,” was his cheeky answer. He wasn’t the only University of Michigan graduate in my office. Both our deputy chief of staff…
Rachel M. Beard 