“I was too young to remember what happened to my dad, and no one explained it to me. So I tried to assemble the story myself.”
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Studying the Swarm
“During sex, the drone’s phallus explodes, killing him immediately. His purpose singular and disposable, his role complete.”
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Why We Fight
“By 7:30pm the air in the dojang is heavy with sweat. The full spectrum: from the salty tang of effort to the nasal clearing ammonia of fear.”
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The Ones We Sent Away
“It is extraordinary what we hide from ourselves—and even more extraordinary that we once hid her, my mother’s sister, and so many like her from everyone.”
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Mount Fear Diary
“Speaking to the dead can, for a short while, seem to place us outside the laws of nature—outside the rules governing time and space.”
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Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Human ingenuity in the face of crumbling infrastructure. One man’s quest to save a bird that might already be extinct. The cultural schism dividing a major musical genre. A personal essay braiding space and family. And a jungle trek gone horribly, horribly awry. These are our editors’ favorite reads of the week. 1. The Balkans’ […]
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They Followed Doctors’ Orders. Then Their Children Were Taken Away.
“Federal law has put thousands of women on anti-addiction medications into an impossible bind: Give up your treatment or risk losing your baby.”
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I Tried to Forget My Whole Life. I’m Glad I Failed.
The hindsight of an adulthood autism diagnosis.