While my uncle was dying from a rare cancer, he found solace in a hotel whose staff became a surrogate family.
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Our Braided Bread
In my native New York, I don’t feel the need to perfume the air around me with the sweet scent of challah. But here in Iowa, there is a void I need to fill.
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Her Greatest Hits
“Maybe it’s only when you don’t know what you are listening for that you find what you were waiting all along to discover.”
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The Sabbath Stew
What started as a loophole has remained one of Judaism’s most evocative, redolent foods.
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My Name Is a Mountain
On language, belonging, and embracing the different versions of ourselves.
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Best of 2024: All Our Number One Story Picks
Every story that appeared in the number one slot in our Weekly Top 5, all in one place.
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All the Stories Nominated for the 2022 National Magazine Awards
Consider this your reading list for the next few weeks.
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Momo’s Deadline
Linda Button on her toughest writing assignment yet: her business partner’s epitaph.
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How to Survive a Car Crash in 10 Easy Steps
A journalist navigates a world forever changed by her traumatic brain injury.
