In this edition: January begins, finding beauty, powerful blues, toxic water, and begonia batons.
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When Did I Start Getting Cancer?
“An environmental chemist investigates the origins of her leukemia.”
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The Unexpected Epiphanies of Watching 57 Movies With my Sleeping Newborn
“Between the opening credits and the 3 a.m. feedings, as I watched films in 20-minute increments, something profound happened.”
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Puzzle Politics
“Often dismissed as frivolous games, crosswords can be a force for change.”
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Meeting Mumbai Again After a Life-Changing Loss
“Moment by moment, this city will teach me to stay awake to the present, to pay attention, to follow the thread of human connection, to take pleasure where it’s found.”
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The Work of the Witness
“Three months into a livestreamed genocide, we must ask—what does all this looking do?”
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Our Most-Read Longreads Originals of 2023
The 10 top-performing essays published on Longreads this year.
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Puzzled
“In the world of jigsaws, there can be a fine line between productivity and pleasure.”
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Da Art of Storytellin’ (A Prequel)
“I’d heard that moan in the presence of older Southern black folk my entire life, but I’d never heard it connecting two rhymed verses. Art couldn’t get any fresher than that.”
