For Harley Rustad’s too-tall bonsai Ficus religiosa, the first cut was indeed the deepest.
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A Green New Jail
What does environmental justice look like in a landscape overrun by prisons? Where the incarcerated suffer from unusually polluted surroundings, and prisons are a toxin in their own right?
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Wrestling With the Ghosts In My Head
Janet Steen tries to understand the shifting causes behind a decade of mysterious migraine pain.
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Breast Implants, Beyond Real and Fake
Nell Boeschenstein reflects on the culturally fraught discourse around post-mastectomy reconstruction.
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‘To Be Well’: An Unmothered Woman’s Search for Real Love
After years of strife with her mother, Vanessa Mártir finds unconditional love in a new, tender relationship.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
All that Was Innocent and Violent: Girlhood in Post-Revolution Iran
Naz Riahi recalls her vibrant childhood in a suburb of Tehran, and considers how the harsh realities imposed by the still new Islamic Republic seeped into her family’s life.
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The Poke Paradox
Where culinary bliss meets environmental peril, and how to solve America’s poke problem.
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The Strange and Dangerous World of America’s Big Cat People
A headline-grabbing murder-for-hire plot helped expose the dark side of exotic animal ownership in the U.S. Is there now enough momentum to reform the industry?
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The Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest’s pioneering music is one of many filaments that connects Americans of color with each other now and back through time.
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To Reflect, To Love, and To Protest: A Pride Month Reading List
A roundup of longreads to celebrate Pride Month.
