Simon Smithson on the experiment of a lifetime, and 365 days of self-help.

Arielle Bernstein considers the book as a representation, object and fetish and wonders how new technologies will shape our attachments to them

Tom Hansen writes about how three little words someone said changed his life. It’s about how he gave up millions and a career in the drug world and the legal profession to become a writer. It’s about how people can change.

Becky Palapala strikes out cross-country after becoming engaged to a man she wasn’t even dating.

Marni Grossman mourns the demise of Dick Wolf’s beloved flagship show.

Simon Smithson wonders whether the slowly-accumulated reefs of our personalities can ever be changed, and just what it takes to do it.

A meditation on leaving, growing up, and coming to realization that you can miss a place so much it breaks your heart.

After a brilliant night of friends and drinking, Thomas ambled home through an alley off of the infamous Gran Via. A pleasant stumble was cut short as a poor man beggin him for change, already desparate, became a would-be mugger. Broken Spanish led to broken nerves and a reflection on what it means to lose one’s naivety.