Utne Literature Blog

Poolside in Poverty

By Suzanne Lindgren — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:57:32 CST

Margot Page's educational family trip to Nicaragua may be a lesson for us all.

In No Time

Danielle Magnuson — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:18:59 CST

Mark Phillips tries to understand the fleeting nature of time, looking particularly to his daughter and grandmother for answers. (Don't miss Grandma's spot-on response.) Do you belong to the "time has slipped away" camp or the "don't carpe diem me" camp?...

Inside an Aura

Danielle Magnuson — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:59:56 CST

An essayist writes the most beautifully vivid description of a pre-seizure aura that we have ever read: "In those weird seconds.everything that was happening, every detail, every sight, sound and smell, seemed to have happened before in the exact same order and sequence. I became intensely aware of things: the trees, the angle of sun, the curvature of the road.."

Banish These Words!

Will Wlizlo — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:28:25 CST

Censorship is only fun when it's well-deserved...

Utne Reader's Most Popular Articles of 2011

Staff — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:33:43 CST

Revisit five of the best articles that we gleaned from the alternative press this year...

The Literary Man Cave

Danielle Magnuson — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:02:30 CST

A newly debuted online bookstore for men relies on a doofus vision of masculinity (fart jokes, oddball mustaches, and sexy comic women). What literary novels or memoirs do you recommend for real men readers?...