His lover in Auschwitz helped him survive. Now he’s sharing his memories to help prevent the worst from happening again.
Sari Botton
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Lovers in Auschwitz, Reunited 72 Years Later. He Had One Question.
The heart-warming story of Holocaust survivors David Wisnia and Helen Spitzer, young lovers at Auschwitz, who got to meet one last time before she died at 100 last year. At the meeting, “Zippi,” as she was known then, revealed she’d used her position as a privileged inmate and a graphic designer at the camp five […]
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‘This Is Small Talk Purgatory’: What Tinder Taught Me About Love
Just when she is about to give up on finding real human connection on a dating app, C.J. Hauser meets a mate — who stays in her life for a while.
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How Two Housekeepers Took On the President — and Revealed that His Company Employed Undocumented Immigrants
An investigative piece about two women who brought to light that, even as President Trump was campaigning and governing on a platform of deporting undocumented immigrants, he was employing many of them. A number of undocumented workers who were employed by the Trump organization, at golf courses and resorts like Mar-a-Lago, took great risks in […]
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Why I Wanted to Finish My Father’s Life’s Work
In this personal essay, Karen Brown recalls the pain and joy of fulfilling a deathbed promise.
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My Backcountry Prescription Experiment
Mathina Calliope goes off her antidepressant and into the woods.
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Woman Writes Story Challenging Gender Dynamics; Is Thwarted by…Long-Standing Gender Dynamics
How can we combat sexism in publishing if we’re so worried about damaging the reputations of offending men?
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Party Girl
An essay in which Longreads contributor Monica Drake recounts learning that a young, white, male intern at a literary magazine she’d submitted to had publicly humiliated her by taking her story to a party to read aloud and mock a sex scene she had included — a scene in which gender dynamics are upended.
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The Creator of the Shitty Media Men List Isn’t Done
Nona Willis Aronowitz profiles Moira Donegan, an emerging feminist author who once worried she’d be defined — and ruined — by the google spreadsheet she created as a safe space for women in media to anonymously share their experiences of sexual harassment and discrimination.
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How to Stay Out of Your Editor’s ‘Jerks’ File
Rule one of freelance writing: accept rejection with grace.