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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads September 24, 2021February 29, 2024

Our editors share five favorites, just in time for your weekend.

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How Should We Talk About Suicide Online?

by Seyward Darby November 25, 2020October 19, 2022

“People are dying after joining a “pro-choice” suicide forum. How much is the site to blame?”

‘I Believe in Love’: Elizabeth Wurtzel’s Final Year, In Her Own Words

by Sari Botton January 9, 2020March 28, 2023

Memoirist Elizabeth Wurtzel was working on this, her final personal essay, when she passed away on January 7th, 2020 from metastatic breast cancer. In the piece she reveals that as her health was declining, her marriage was unraveling, and that she was still wrestling with new information her mother finally revealed a couple of years […]

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Where Miracles Exist for the Weekend

by Kayla Aletha Welch November 19, 2024November 20, 2024

An unlikely journey of marriage, faith, and doubt in the Jaliscan highlands.

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Pop Culture Portrays OCD as a Blessing. It’s Not.

by Krista Stevens March 8, 2021October 19, 2022

“The Wall Street Journal recently used the headline ‘We All Need OCD Now’ for an article on COVID-19 … Finally, my debilitating mental illness has a timely hook!”

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The Heavy Burden of Breasts

by Carolyn Wells February 3, 2021October 17, 2022

“He covers his face with his hands. He doesn’t cry. He hasn’t really cried for eight years – since he started with testosterone injections.”

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‘To Be Well’: An Unmothered Woman’s Search for Real Love

by Vanessa Martir November 27, 2019January 13, 2023

After years of strife with her mother, Vanessa Mártir finds unconditional love in a new, tender relationship.

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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads November 5, 2021October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Kevin Fagan, Sarah Ravani, Lauren Hepler, and J.K. Dineen, Eric Boodman, Gabrielle Anctil, Joe Hagan, and Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee.