“A personal history of the borstal in Britain: a century of incarcerated children.”
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Unburying the Remains of the Third Reich
“As the German right ascends, the nation is still grappling with its fascist past — and how to handle its remains.”
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“Something Went Wrong”: The Double Murder That Austin Nearly Forgot
“In 1969, two University of Texas students who seemed destined for great things were inexplicably killed. Today their loved ones are still grieving.”
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In Real Life
“The first rule of the cloisters is to honor your vow of silence.”
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My Harmony With the Heron
“In an excerpt from his new memoir, Something in the Woods Loves You, Jarod K. Anderson shares how nature became a balm for his mental health and depression.”
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Making ‘Food Out Of Thin Air’
“On the outskirts of Helsinki, a pioneering factory is harvesting natural, scalable proteins all from fermented bacteria. Could this be the future of food?”
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Rebuilding Myself After Brain Injury
“What does it mean to be a writer when my words have vanished?”
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Tired of Losing
“Loss was at the root of it. When you’re tired of losing, you hold on to whatever you can.”
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A Longread for a Long Weekend
“Whoever says Americans don’t talk about death has yet to meet my Soviet family. We’re all too superstitious, afraid to let death dance around our tongues as though saying it will make it happen sooner.” Dear reader, it’s officially the final Friday of summer. It’s also somehow September, even though June was just last week. […]
