The Problem of Pain By Leslie Kendall Dye Feature Pain is indeed inherited, but treating it as an affliction need not be handed down from generation to generation.
The Itch and the Touch By Aaron Gilbreath Feature Families are complicated. Caring for Grandpa John was even more so.
My Half-Sister’s Half a Life By Longreads Feature Jeannie’s father never spoke of his daughter who had died at 16, the mysterious half-sister who shared her name.
The Whistleblower in the Family By Aaron Gilbreath Feature After her father was arrested for fraud, Pearl Abraham began the the slow, painful process of unraveling her Hasidic family ties.
Reflections of an Accidental Florist By Aaron Gilbreath Feature When a painter stumbles into a floral career, she sees the ugly truth behind a colorful, fragrant industry.
Can Love Sparked at Burning Man Last in Everyday Life? By Maria Finn Feature Maria Finn tries to make sense of the euphoric love she experienced at the annual festival in Black Rock City, while she was grieving her brother’s suicide.
The Sun Was Going and the World Was Wrong By Sari Botton Highlight Annie Dillard describes her experience of the 1979 solar eclipse, the last one visible in the United States until this year.
Forever Yesterday: Peering Inside My Mom’s Fading Mind By Kevin Sampsell Feature Kevin Sampsell bears witness to the ways in which Alzheimer’s has been pulling his mother back in time, and taking over her life.
I’ve Found Her By Longreads Feature Photos of an elderly French stranger has one Canadian writer examining the threads that connect people across continents and generations.
When it Takes Being Thrown to Learn How to Land By Joanne Solomon Feature An aerialist flies off her bike on the Manhattan Bridge, altering the course of her journey.
A Personal Odyssey Through Florida’s Varied Regions By Sari Botton Highlight Jason Diamond road trips from Jacksonville to Key West trying to get a handle on the state where much of his family has settled.
The Teenage Dreamland of ‘Twin Peaks’ By A. N. Devers Feature Discovering the show when she was a teenager in 1990 helped A.N. Devers navigate the grief of losing her grandparents—and her girlhood.
Putting Together the Pieces of Her Grandmother’s Mysterious Death By Michelle Legro Commentary For her essay in the New Yorker, Kate Daloz relied on a precious set of letters to tell the story of her grandmother’s abortion.
Death by Fire By Longreads Feature Forty years after his time with the U.S. Forest Service, a writer reflects on his years fighting fires out West, especially how fire shapes both forests and people.
‘Every Watch Geek Has an Origin Story’ By Sari Botton Highlight Anxious about politics, Gary Shteyngart finds calm in the minutiae of wristwatches in this essay from The New Yorker.
Moved by Kim By Seth Davis Branitz Feature Seth Davis Branitz had an awful suspicion he’d feel relieved when, some day, his very troubled brother would pass. He had no idea about the other ends it would rapidly bring with it.
‘There Was a Lot of Spontaneous Crying’: Chrissy Teigen on Her Postpartum Depression By Sari Botton Highlight Model, television host, and cookbook author Chrissy Teigen wrote a personal essay for Glamour, in which she confesses to having postpartum depression.
Full Disclosure: A Reading List About Confessions By Em Perper Reading List In these six stories, a drunk driver confesses via viral video, an ex-Catholic returns to confession, a high-school cheater reveals her indiscretions, and more.
Letter to an Ex, on the Occasion of His Suicide By Longreads Feature In the wake of a troubled ex-lover’s suicide, novelist Masha Hamilton tries to make sense of it in a correspondence to his ghost.
Why I Hate My Dog By Richard Gilbert Feature In this lighthearted portrait of his family’s rescue dog, author Richard Gilbert explores the larger bond between human and animal.
Dispatch from the Floor of the Model Minority Factory By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight An essay from Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis in The Offing, on his years working in private education at Straight A Learning Center, a “model minority factory” at which he taught SAT prep classes and helped build a college advising service.
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