Stories We Wish We Had Published in 2018
The Pacific Standard staff highlights the stories published elsewhere that moved us, made us think, and left us a little envious.
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The Five-Paragraph Essay Must Die
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.
Women Are Superior Wordsmiths From an Early Age
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: The Evolution of the Celebrity Profile
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: Echoes of History in ‘Heart Mountain’
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.
‘This Book Kept Me Alive’: A Conversation With Porochista Khakpour
The novelist discusses her new memoir about living with Lyme, being a refugee, and the search for home.
PS Picks: The Exceptional Runners-Up for This Year’s Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
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: Well-Read Black Girl, Noir Reads, and Other Answers to the Sensitivity Reader Problem
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.
Dispatches: ‘Pacific Standard’ at the L.A. Times Festival of Books
News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.