In this edition, we recommend stories from Eli Saslow, Mitchell S. Jackson, Adam Ciralsky, Heidi Lasher, and Noah Rawlings.
memory
Posted inEditor's Pick
Memory Machines
“Data centers have proliferated across Ireland, at great cost.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Piecing Together My Father’s Murder
“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.”
Posted inCuration
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring standout reads from Ian Urbina, Hanif Abdurraqib, Sallie Tisdale, Brad Rassler, and Adam Reiner.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Mere Belief
“One of the pivotal purposes of memoir is to unveil the shades of meaning that exist in what we believe.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
My Dad, the Demigod
“Henry Wismayer lost his dad to cancer at the age of four. He thinks through the ways it has shaped his life.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
We Were Known For Our Rivers
“A grieving daughter channels family memories along the Nueces.”
Posted inFeature
The Depths to Which We Go
Making sense of absence in the ever-dissolving karst of Missouri.
Posted inEssays & Criticism
How to Survive a Car Crash in 10 Easy Steps
A journalist navigates a world forever changed by her traumatic brain injury.