writing

The Pacific Standard staff highlights the stories published elsewhere that moved us, made us think, and left us a little envious.

As curated by our editorial staff.

In his new book, John Warner argues that we can't fix how we teach writing unless we also fix a toxic mode of high school assessment.

By fourth grade, girls are better than boys at reading and, especially, writing. New research finds this gap then increases as they get older.

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

The novelist discusses her new memoir about living with Lyme, being a refugee, and the search for home.

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

On the myth of meritocracy.

As curated by our editors.

For anyone who isn't a straight man, sexual education and the media can get sexuality wrong. Fan fiction is helping change that.

For academics looking to play a larger public role, publishing online can be a useful counter to some of the downsides of scholarly writing.

Typos in official correspondence are tiny errors on their own, but they suggest a much larger problem within the administration.

Anxiety can lead to better art, but do the two have to be so mutually intertwined?

A reprint from The Pilgrim.

A reprint from The Pilgrim.

A reprint from The Pilgrim.