Growing up is hard. Growing up in a cult is harder, and this is the coming-of-age process that Jane endures in Lenore Zion’s "Stupid Children". After her father unsuccessfully attempts suicide, Jane is placed with foster parents who... Read More

John Shirting is a young man on a mission: it’s the early 1990s and he wants to open a branch of Capo Coffee Family in Prague. Shirting considers himself a master of the espresso machine who instinctively times a shot to an exact... Read More

Rithy Panh was a young boy when Khmer Rouge revolutionaries arrived in Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975. Starting that day, he and his family were designated “new people”—the revolution’s code for those who needed... Read More