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THE UPLAND WEEKLY

A digital editorial celebrating the art, intellect,

and influence of modern storytelling.

Dear Grandma, I still remember the way Sunday smelled in your house—like strawberry cream, pressed linen, and prayer. Mornings were slow...

If Heaux Tales were a book, darling, it wouldn’t just be found—it would be discovered, like a secret you weren’t supposed to hear but...

I’ve spent years writing about relationships—romantic, platonic, toxic, intoxicating. But there's one relationship that never seems to...

Illustrated by SAATCHI Art It was the summer of 1975, and somewhere in a studio lit more by imagination than fluorescent bulbs, Queen...

They say a child’s first brush with wonder can change everything. That a moment—unexpected, unplanned—can split open the world and pour...

Little Listener’s Crate I remember one summer in Baton Rouge. The kind where the humidity hangs like a silk scarf around your neck, and...

Marilyn Monroe—the woman the world wrapped in diamonds, silk, and sighs—had a secret. Behind the glittering avalanche of flashbulbs,...

Illustrated by SAATCHI ART The story of Jimi Hendrix’s rise to fame is etched in electric strings and wailing guitars, a symphony of...