May Wilkerson

I was terrified of driving. So I had Lyft and Uber, a TAP card and a borderline unhinged love of walking. The…

There's no denying it, Irish butter simply tastes better than pretty much any other butter. But why? Here are…

When we eat food, we tend to think about how it tastes, but not where it came from. And I don't mean the groc…

What's more American than apple pie? A lot of things, actually. While apple pie has become the unofficial foo…

Do you have an addiction? It's not unlikely. Human beings are wired to seek pleasure. And most of us-if not a…

This article was originally published by The Influence, a news site that covers the full spectrum of human re…

Robin Williams died this week. He was 63. His death, reportedly a suicide by asphyxia, serves as a stark remi…

This story is published in the Spring/Summer edition of , a fresh, beautiful magazine that examines our inner…

Iconic film director Quentin Tarantino believes that US drug policy, and the subsequent mass incarceration of…

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I fell for nicotine gum as hard as I had fallen for cigarettes. It became my mouth's constant companion. I lo…

It is not entirely out of the ordinary, in college, to engage in erratic, illogical and sometimes shameful be…

Post-recovery, learning to sleep without the assistance of alcohol.

May Wilkerson is a standup comedian and writer living in Brooklyn, originally from outside of Boston. She per…