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Scott Korb

Posted inNonfiction

Lloyd’s Mattress

by Scott Korb May 26, 2020October 20, 2022

Scott Korb contemplates disgust — his own, yours — at the kind of magical thinking that promises (with fingers crossed) to protect us from all the causes of dying.

Posted inNonfiction

Father’s Little Helper

by Scott Korb June 12, 2019February 24, 2023

While under the influence of Valium, Scott Korb reflects on all the fathers he could have been and the father he has become.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads September 14, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Brittany Packnett, Rahima Nasa, Jordan Smith, Scott Korb, and Chris Heath.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes

Florida, White Privilege, and Racism

by Krista Stevens September 11, 2018October 19, 2022

My origin story—as a son, and later a father and a husband; as a citizen, a racist— has always begun in a crumpled car at the side of the highway. May 30, 1982.

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