Best of 2025: The Stories You Missed
“A slightly messy response to the dispiriting cleanness of modern life.” ...
“A slightly messy response to the dispiriting cleanness of modern life.” ...
“From the raiding of U.S. government databases to a hack every month in South Korea.” ...
“Reality has outpaced Pynchon’s fictional conspiracies.” ...
“Distilled emotional and moral explorations accessible across generations.” ...
“The pieces that rose to the very top of our editors’ lists.” ...
“A layered confrontation with the deaths, grief, and guilt that have animated her work for nearly 30 years.” ...
“Both creator and destroyer, the bulldozer offers a cautionary tale for how technology without proper safeguards can be misused to the detriment of individual and collective life.” ...
“I showcase the work of other writers who are total strangers to me, but have written some article or essay of exceptional merit.” ...
“The women in House 3 rarely had a chance to speak to the women in House 5, but when they did, the things they heard scared them.” ...
“They will try to discredit you. They will lie about you. They will attempt to silence what they don’t understand.” ...