A journalist who reported on the accusations long before they went viral wonders, “What kind of profession am I in, where stories have no logical reason for unfolding?”
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Read and Destroy
Karen Durrie was ten years old when her mother’s boyfriend began to molest her. At the Globe and Mail, Durrie examines the years of abuse and the fear, shame, and feelings of complicity that not only kept her silent, but encouraged her to correspond with her attacker.
Posted inNonfiction
Other Rachel Lyons
Having a fairly common name gives Rachel Lyon occasional glimpses into the lives of her doppelgangers — and the roads she has not taken.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
There Is No Other Way To Say This
“Tell them on the outside,” Carolyn Forché’s Salvadoran mentor instructed her. Her memoir is her latest attempt. Its elliptical lyricism, like that of her poetry, runs circles around censorship.
Posted inNonfiction
Uncertain Ground
Grace Loh Prasad realizes that mourning is complicated when home and homeland aren’t the same place.
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
‘They Would Try to Love Whoever Killed Her, and Forgive.’
In 1985, a girl was abducted and left to die in Winnipeg’s severe cold. While her parents, Cliff and Wilma Derksen, did not yet know the killer’s identity, they made a decision to forgive.
Posted inBlog Post, Crime
Letting Go As a Way of Living: Writing About Radical Forgiveness
As these stories show, mercy isn’t a choice you make once. As the years go by, forgiveness becomes more and more complex.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, read stories by Mark MacKinnon, Rachel Cusk, Carmen Maria Machado, Suketu Mehta, and an excerpt from Bill Hayes.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Nonfiction, Quotes
Off-Time: Becoming a Widow at Age 36
Christina Frangou writes on the aftermath of being widowed at age 36.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Off-Time: Becoming a Widow at Age 36
Christina Frangou writes on the aftermath of being widowed at age 36.
