Archive - Oldster Magazine

Ruth Bonapace on what it took to publish her first novel as a newly minted septuagenarian.

Jun 23 •

Resisting Retirement: When Your Identity is Bound Up with Your Profession

I interview my 82-year-old uncle about his struggle to move on from ophthalmic surgery, and what he gleaned from Arthur C. Brooks' "From Strength to…

Jun 20 •

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Late Nite Radio #3: Amy Millan

Allyson McCabe interviews Canadian musician Amy Millan about her new record, "I Went To Find You," exploring love, loss, and how tending to old wounds…

Jun 19 •

This is 53: Debut Novelist Jessica Berger Gross Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"I feel like I keep growing into myself. And feeling better, getting better. I really want to feel like that can keep happening until the end."

Jun 18 •

Ask a Sober Oldster #24: Margaret Cho

"I was definitely born with the 'need.' That urge to put something between me and living."

Jun 17 •

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An excerpt of "Rehearsals for Dying: Digressions on Love and Cancer"

Jun 16 •

The Fountain of Youth is a Coffee Maker

And lots of other useful, Oldster-adjacent content. PLUS: "The Oldster Top 10," Cliff Chenfeld's monthly playlist of new songs for old ears.

Jun 13 •

I Don't Know Why #7

"I no longer have a red dot on my nose and I don’t know why." The seventh installment of an occasional Oldster Magazine column by bestselling novelist…

Jun 12 •

This is 81: Jon Carroll Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"In my 30s I traveled to New York a great deal, met extremely interesting people, got hired for extremely interesting work, and ate a lot of good food…

Jun 11 •

What Kinds of Birds We Are

While visiting her older sister in an assisted living facility, Jesse Lee Kercheval encounters a profusion of birds who remind her of her sister and…

Jun 9 •

Jesse Lee Kercheval

Ecstasy for Easter

"Changing our minds in one afternoon." PLUS: A Friday Open Thread on our experiences with MDMA and other psychedelics...

Jun 6 •

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Growing Old in the White House

On Biden and ageism.

Jun 5 •

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