Books How To Tell If You Are In An E.M. Forster Novel by Sarah Gulick · May 3, 2016 Find out if you're living in an E.M. Forster novel.
Beauty David Brooks Writes a Sestina About Meeting Poor People by Sarah Miller · May 3, 2016 Sarah Miller has found another beautiful sestina by David Brooks. We're so lucky!
Books “We would have paid her the same if she weighed 500 pounds”: Publishing, Weight, and Writers Who Are “Hard To Look At” by Mallory Ortberg · May 3, 2016 “We would have paid her the same money if she weighed 500 pounds and was really hard to look at."
Writing “Worse Things”: Sandy and Rizzo and Me by Mara Wilson · May 3, 2016 Mara Wilson on Grease, friendship, teenagers, and being a Sandy who desperately wants to be a Rizzo.
Humor “I Know What Clean Smells Like”: These New Bleach Ads Are Terrifying by Mallory Ortberg · May 3, 2016 I know what clean smells like, MAGGOTS, and it's not you.
Link Roundup Link Roundup! by Nicole Cliffe · May 3, 2016 The Toast presents a selection of delightful information in the form of a link roundup.