“Miranda Michel, 26, couldn’t leave the state for an abortion. But she also couldn’t bear the idea of carrying a nonviable pregnancy to term.”
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For 40 Years He Blamed Himself for a Girl’s Murder. Then Came a Shocking Discovery
“He had indeed seen a blue sweater, but did he remember it on the wrong girl?”
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Three Years Later, Covid-19 Is Still a Health Threat. Journalism Needs to Reflect That
“Too much coverage minimizes the health risks researchers attribute to the virus.”
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A Sandwich Shop, a Tent City and an American Crisis
“As homelessness overwhelms downtown Phoenix, a small business wonders how long it can hang on.”
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The Mercy Workers
“For three decades, a little-known group of ‘mitigation specialists’ has helped save death-penalty defendants by documenting their childhood traumas. A rare look inside one case.”
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In Her Defence
“After suffering decades of abuse, Helen Naslund was sentenced for killing her husband on their Alberta farm.”
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Best of 2022: Reported Essays
Our list of some of the great reported essays published this year includes reads on grief, veganism, the geology of Mexico City, and British real estate.
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I Spent 10 Days in a Secret Chinese Covid Detention Centre
“What I learnt when I was ‘taken away’ to an island quarantine facility in the middle of the night.”
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The Skeleton, the Meat, and the Bones: A Chat With the Writer and Editor Behind The Atavist’s New Issue
In this excerpt from The Creative Nonfiction Podcast, host Brendan O’Meara talks to Jana Meisenholder about writing “King of the Hill.”
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Patrick Radden Keefe Gets to the Bottom of It
If you’re a sucker for hearing how great journalists report and structure their work — and who isn’t? — this Q&A with New Yorker write-around specialist Patrick Radden Keefe makes for a perfect Monday read. It’s always the same: It starts with a series of big beats. If it’s an article, it starts with eight […]