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Essays & Criticism

How to Survive a Car Crash in 10 Easy Steps

by Anne Lagamayo May 11, 2023February 23, 2024

A journalist navigates a world forever changed by her traumatic brain injury.

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Nonfiction

Queens of Infamy: Isabella of France

by Anne Thériault June 21, 2022February 29, 2024

Married off at age 12, Isabella put up with her husband’s shenanigans over decades. Eventually, the She-Wolf of France had had enough.

Feature

Stumbling Can Be Lovely

by Devin Kelly March 7, 2024March 7, 2024

On the many ways we fall—and the beauty of getting back up.

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Feature

A Hand From One Page, A Bomb From Another: Rethinking “Spy vs. Spy”

by Gyasi Hall September 12, 2023February 27, 2024

The iconic comic strip may seem simple, but its central metaphor has proven impossible to replicate.

Reading List

There She Goes: A Reading List on Women Adventurers

by Ailsa Ross April 4, 2023April 3, 2025

The women you’ll find on top of the world.

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Feature

Meals for One

by Sharanya Deepak June 20, 2023May 30, 2024

On what it means to nourish ourselves and others.

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Story

Things That Able Me

by Christy Tending February 2, 2023February 29, 2024

Christy Tending | Longreads | February 2, 2023 | 14 minutes (3,768 words) There are things that able me. A chair. One person speaking to me at a time. Shoes that are not cute, but spare me nerve pain. A hot bath with epsom salts: so hot it would scald most, but my skin is like […]