Jilly Gagnon on embarking on a cross-country roadtrip to write a book about teenage sexuality with the great E. Jean Carroll.

The fall course schedule for Rupert Giles, Master of Library Science.

Heather Seggel on the varying shades of incompetent men who have failed to fix her elderly trailer.

Every single kind of comment you'll find on a recipe blog.

The Toast presents a selection of delightful information in the form of a link roundup.

A look at Lois Cayley, the heroine of the 1899 novel "Miss Cayley's Adventures," and the idea of the New Woman.

Vanessa Willoughby's latest short story, "Sleeping Beauty."

Mary J. Breen on her mother, piano lessons in the 1950s, and her first exposure to mental illness.

Listen, call me old-fashioned if you must, but I believe that certain things are true.

Samantha Powell on being young, black, afraid, and the race privilege in rebellion.

Oh God, don't idolize the Maine Hermit. Just go camping.

Today's Link Roundup

A heart-warming short story in which a woman gets a new cat.

I was on a COLUMBO PODCAST, because the world is sometimes just.

The Toast's etiquette column takes on accidentally buying a far-too-expensive wedding gift, and when your friends suggest a restaurant but already ate.