In this reported personal essay, Michael Wolff writes about watching his mother “dwindle” painfully between life and death — not well enough to live on her own in her final years, without tremendous intervention from her family and doctors, but not sick enough to just quickly die. He makes a convincing case against the medical establishment’s […]
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My Father’s Body, at Rest and in Motion
A reported, scientific essay in which physician and author Siddhartha Mukherjee considers the body’s proclivity for homeostasis, which kept his elderly father’s failing body alive for longer than seemed to make sense, after he had begun failing, and falling.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Dance Me to the End of Love
Abigail Rasminsky dreamed of becoming a professional dancer. Then she got hurt.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Dance Me to the End of Love
Abigail Rasminsky dreamed of becoming a professional dancer. Then she got hurt.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Ushering My Father to a (Mostly) Good Death
Karen Brown recalls conspiring with her father in his final weeks to find some humor in the pain.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Ushering My Father to a (Mostly) Good Death
Karen Brown recalls conspiring with her father in his final weeks to find some humor in the pain.
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Why Ageism Never Gets Old
Tad Friend takes a look at the ways in which ageism is perpetuated in a variety of fields, particularly tech, where rapid-fire advances in technology keep rendering obsolete the knowledge and skills of those who are older.
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Wherever You Go, There You Are. Charles Manson is There, Too.
Do we carry pieces of our younger selves with us, even as we grow and change?
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When a Mother and Daughter Reverse Roles
A personal essay in which Marlene Adelstein looks a her obsession with an orphaned sea otter and realizes it’s helping her process her grief over her Alzheimers-afflicted mom.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
When a Mother and Daughter Reverse Roles
An obsession with an orphaned sea otter helps Marlene Adelstein process her grief over her Alzheimers-afflicted mom.