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Active Recall
“As of his sixth birthday next month, he will have 2,462 seconds, his entire life compressed as I wanted to remember it, into approximately 41 minutes.”
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The Star Essay
“…a writer strives to constellate, to make sense of seemingly disparate and unrelated notes or events.”
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Here Be Serpents
“A lifelong and morbid fear of snakes held me captive—until something much scarier raised its ugly head.”
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Neither Here Nor There
“For most of my lifetime, Flushing was the humble immigrant enclave that could.”
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Best of 2024: Our Most Popular Stories of the Year
Our 10 most-read Longreads essays of 2024.
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Our Narrative Prison
“The three-act ‘hero’s journey’ has long been the most prominent kind of story. What other tales are there to tell?”
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Solastalgia
“Pleasant memories of places past: that’s nostalgia. But what do you call the grief that comes when the modern world leaves nary a trace of the place that raised you?”
