Pravesh Bhardwaj read and and shared 304 short stories on the #longreads Twitter hashtag in 2020. Here are his favorites.
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Posted inEditor's Pick
Cancer-linked Chemicals Manufactured by 3M Are Turning Up in Drinking Water
Studies have shown that 3M-made “per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (or PFAS, pronounced ‘PEE-fas’)” found in Teflon, Scotchgard, and fire-fighting foam have been linked to a weakened immune response and cancer. The chemicals contaminate the ground water around the 3M plant in Cotton Grove, Minnesota creating an “underground plume” of pollution that’s 100 square miles in […]
Posted inEditor's Pick
My Year Without a Nose
Steve Bean Levy recounts this past year as a man without a nose, after undergoing treatment for Sino-Nasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma — a rare form cancer that attacks the nose and sinuses.
Posted inCommentary, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Seeding a Dark World with New Life
As she’s done before, Sara B. Franklin greets the specter of death by defiantly planting a life-sustaining vegetable garden.
Posted inNonfiction
Fire/Flood: A Southern California Pastoral
In and around Los Angeles, natural and man-made disasters have been inextricable for almost two centuries.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Ten Translations of Care
Mary Wang recalls the ways in which she and her family in China conspired to hide her grandmother’s cancer diagnosis from her.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
The Strongest Woman in the Room
A daughter recounts her family’s worst day, through her mother’s eyes.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
Breast Implants, Beyond Real and Fake
Nell Boeschenstein reflects on the culturally fraught discourse around post-mastectomy reconstruction.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Man Without a Nose
Cancer may have claimed Steve Bean Levy’s nose, but not his sense of humor.
Posted inNonfiction
Renovating a Family
After her husband’s infidelity, Christine Kalafus re-architected her marriage. Now she needs to let her son in on the plans.
