Readers respond to our September 2025 cover story and more.

I have been with a man for 25 years. The first few years were wonderful, but then he turned to drugs and became a different ...

Bobby Rich is a longtime on-air DJ, having worked in numerous cities including New York, Philadelphia, Tuscon and Seattle; ...

It doesn’t open up the tapestry of human experience — it reads like it was written by a shut-in with Wi-Fi and a thesaurus.

The real advantage to be found in using a GPT comes not from the technology itself, but from how well professionals guide, ...

The most intuitive way to organize this is by walking through the story process—from developing ideas to hitting publish to ...

Make it a game: spot the local landmark or mock the bad Southern accents.

Tate McRae has been named Variety Hitmakers' Powerhouse of the Year. She reflects on her tireless year of touring and ...

The actor is no stranger to wielding a sword on big and small screens. For more than two decades, he's starred as a warrior ...

A word-for-word script for opting out of this year's festivities.

Dear Miss My Mom: Thank you for sharing your story. Even when people have good intentions behind their silence, like wanting ...

Like his previous two novels and short stories, Bryan Washington’s fourth book, “Palaver,” is set in Houston, where he’s from, and/or Japan, where he now lives.