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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Below, our favorite stories of the week. Kindle users, you can also get them as a Readlist. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. * * * 1. Ina Garten Does It Herself Choire Sicha | Eater | Sept. 30, 2015 | 19 minutes (4,783 words) The fascinating story of Ina […]
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Cyberchondria: D.I.Y. Diagnosis in Overdrive
In researching his chronic headache on the web, veteran journalist Barry Newman takes a terrifying walk down the Via Dolorosa of digital self-diagnosis.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
A Doctor with Terminal Cancer Writes to His Baby Daughter
Time for me is double-edged: Every day brings me further from the low of my last cancer relapse, but every day also brings me closer to the next cancer recurrence — and eventually, death. Perhaps later than I think, but certainly sooner than I desire. There are, I imagine, two responses to that realization. The […]
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The Scoops of an 8-Year-Old Reporter
For 8-year-old Hilde Lysiak, journalism runs in the family.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Ruback
A newspaper journalist’s attempt to correct the record.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Doctor and the Whistle-Blower
How an oncologist’s nightmare discovery brought down a cancer treatment empire.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
David Bowie, 1947-2016
Here are six stories about the rock star who left a mark on music, fashion, and art.
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How a Local Police Chief Took on the Drug War
After 25 years of fighting a losing war on drugs and with a heroin epidemic raging in his home state of Massachusetts, Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello decided to take matters into his own hands. He opened his police station’s doors to any addict seeking help, promising to get them into treatment. Writing for Boston Magazine, Chris Sweeney […]
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Letter to an Ex, on the Occasion of His Suicide
In the wake of a troubled ex-lover’s suicide, novelist Masha Hamilton tries to make sense of it in a correspondence to his ghost.
