We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in essays.
Lilly Dancyger
Posted inNonfiction
It Comes in Waves
Years after her cousin was killed, Lilly Dancyger is haunted by images of murdered women in the news.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
When Financial Privilege is Mistakenly Assumed
Lilly Dancyger speaks out about her humble upbringing.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Passing as Privileged
A personal essay in which Narratively deputy editor Lilly Dancyger writes about dealing with people’s mistaken assumptions about the economics of her upbringing. A high-school dropout who later worked her way through college and graduate school, Dancyger grew up poor — the daughter of a single mother who was a recovering heroin addict. In New […]