After being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Anna Gazmarian grapples with her evangelical upbringing, and finds solace in screamo music.
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Rescuing the Rescuer: Saving Myself from a Lifetime of Hurt
How witnessing trauma after trauma on the mountain exacts a cumulative emotional toll on ski patrollers.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Story
Running Dysmorphic
On competitive running, exactness, and finding permission to be myself.
Posted inNonfiction
I Never Wanted my Hemangioma to Define Me
Emily Weitz looks back at a childhood filled with surgeries, harsh stares, and proving she was more than just the skin on her face.
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How to Pitch Personal Essays to Longreads: An Updated Guide
New submissions guidelines, plus information about our new essay series.
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The Hare Krishnas of Coal Country
The world is full of make-believe. Some of it is sweet, some of it is sick. It persists because we have found no other antidote for pain.
Posted inFeature, Nonfiction, Quotes
Taking Cents, Making Sense of a Broken Family
Sari Botton turns to petty – incredibly petty – theft after her family life hits the fan.
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Insatiable: A Life Without Eating
When my Crohn’s disease took away food, it took what it means to be human.
Posted inReading List
This Week In Books: I Bought Some Books
Am I ghoul for buying all these plague books?
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What Is a Body For?
One desire felt like it would make me more of who I already was, and the other would unmake me entirely.
