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Does My Son Know You?
Ringer writer Jonathan Tjarks veers from his usual NBA beat to unpack his cancer diagnosis and the shadow it casts over his experience as a son and a father. Unblinking and plainspoken, he somehow manages to strip the emotion out of his writing — but not the emotional impact. I was 12. That’s the age […]
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52 Years in 11 Days: A Son, Facing Death, Finds His Father
“After struggling with cancer for years, Sam Anthony was running out of time. Before he died, he found the courage to mail a letter that he had long been afraid to send.”
Posted inCulture, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes, Uncategorized, Writing
Listen to the Sound of My Voice
How a journalist found her voice as her mother lost hers.
Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
Rush Drummer Neil Peart: Master Student
Neil Peart “was brilliant enough to skip two grades, starting high school at 12. He began drum lessons, practicing for a full year without an actual kit.”
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Is the Cure for Cancer Locked in Shrunken Heads from the Amazon?
Could shrunken heads from the Amazon hold the key to curing cancer?
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How Does the Story End?
“How other people live is pretty much all I think about. Curiosity is the rock upon which fiction is built.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
“Over a Glass of Wine and a Pint on a Quiet Friday Night”
“Impending parenthood makes you reconsider the context of your own upbringing, and puts the work your parents did into a new light.”
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story
The Grieving Landscape
Upon discovering that her mother had been a member of the group Women Strike For Peace (WSP), Heidi Hutner becomes obsessed with feminist nuclear history.
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The Consequences of Surviving
“As medicine advances, we have more survivors. But those survivors carry trauma to their graves.”