contributors
Leigh Flayton
Flayton has served as editor-in-chief of Arrive since 2006. Her
work has been appeared in The New York Times, Salon, The
Huffington Post and The Los Angeles Times Magazine, among
other publications. She is also the author of the plays The
Generator, which was part of Cherry Lane Theatre’s TONGUES
reading series, and Too Close to Home—both are in various
stages of development. Flayton lives in New York City.
The Legend—and
Legacy—of Mama Jean
A WRITER SETS THE TONE FOR HIS FUTURE RELATIONSHIPS AFTER REALIZING
HIS MOTHER CLAIMED HIM AS HER PRIMARY COMPANION FOR MUCH OF HIS LIFE
by jamie brickhouse
YOUR FAMILY
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ON A STEAMY AUGUST DAY IN 1982, the summer before my freshman year of high school, my
Texas tornado of a mother, Mama Jean, and I were flying down the I-10 freeway in her black
Cadillac, belting out songs from the original Broadway cast album of Evita. As we sang to the cas-
sette player as if it were our audience, I absorbed every detail of her in quick close-ups: the jade-
green high heel floor-boarding the gas pedal; the raven mane immobilized by an ozone layer of
Aqua Net; makeup shiny and shellacked. She pointed a perfectly sculpted red fingernail at the
tape deck and asked, “Don’t you just love that music?” As I sang “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,”
I nodded my head yes. That may have been the gayest moment of my childhood. »
Nigel Buchanan
Buchanan lives in Sydney, Australia, and works for
clients such as The Wall Street Journal, MTV, The
New York Times, Time magazine, Money Week, Paris
and The Radio Times in London. He occasionally lectures on illustration and design at Australian colleges,
and is a Society of Illustrators silver medal winner.
America’s Best Idea Arrivecelebratesthe centennialofthe
NationalParkService byELISABETHVINCENTELLI photographybyPRESTONSCHLEBUSCH
ENDURINGBEAUTY
Hazel Mehne, ranger in
charge of all four campgrounds at Shenandoah
National Park; sunset
over the Bass Harbor
Head Lighthouse in
Acadia National Park.
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The
Divine
Comedy
of
Saturday
Night Live’s
breakout
star Kate
McKinnon
hits the big
screen in
Ghostbusters,
this summer’s
blockbuster
reboot
by Leigh Flayton
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Jamie Brickhouse
Brickhouse is the author of Dangerous When Wet:
A Memoir of Booze Sex and My Mother, recently
published in paperback. He has been published in The
New York Times, Washington Post, Daily Beast, Salon
and Huffington Post. Visit him at jamiebrickhouse.com.
Taking the Long View
LONG;TERM CARE INSURANCE MIGHT BE THE MOST
IMPORTANT COVERAGE YOU DON’T HAVE
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YOU’VE PURCHASED INSURANCE TO PROTECT the things that matter most:
Health insurance covers the cost of illness and emergencies; auto and home policies
safeguard major investments; and life insurance takes care of loved ones. »
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Elisabeth Vincentelli
Vincentelli is a features writer at the New York Post, focusing
on theater, television and music. She’s the author of two books
about ABBA and has contributed to publications such as The
New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly
and Slate. Writing about the National Parks made her want
to start collecting passport stamps. An avid skier, she lives
in Brooklyn and dreams of the Rockies.
