#nonfiction

#nonfiction

"The stories that are most rewarding are often the ones that really fill you with a cold dread as you begin, because you're inventing something that doesn't lean into a template," the New Yorker staff writer tells Bustle. "It requires a lot more imagination, and I think it's perfectly natural to stop and think 'I could have just done this the easy way. Why didn't I?'"

Archaeologists have conjured vivid portraits of humankind's past from recovered relics, though experimental archaeology captures sounds, smells, and tastes that traditional methods cannot convey.

To read Rachel Clarke's The Story of a Heart is to experience an onslaught of often competing emotions, showcasing the medical marvels at play in tragic circumstances.

Bolin's collection examines millennial pop culture obsessions through a lens of (post)feminism, late capitalism, and technology, linking these themes to cultish thinking.