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To the Old Man in the Cowboy Costume
“All the parts about me that I hate the most, I got from you. All the parts I love the most, too.”
Posted inNonfiction
Best of 2023: Personal Essays
Our favorite personal essays published this year include stories on loss, Indigenous community, video games, caring for aging relatives, and the fear of missing love.
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Apocalypse Now and Then
“Artificial intelligence is capitalism’s final destination.”
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Very Important People
“‘Whichever line is the longest,’ I said. ‘That’s the line I belong in.'”
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The Age of Dinosaurs
“Ruminating on extinction, under the slanted tutelage of my child, felt like a responsible thing to do.”
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Field Notes from a Body
“As I watched I had felt a nameless churn in my gut, some tremor of feeling I couldn’t describe.”
