“Mukherjee was fascinated with cells early on. But then he was interested in so many things.”
Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Longreads Best of 2018: Essays
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in essays.
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction, Quotes
Fast or Slow: What’s the Best Way to Die?
Sometimes death takes a torturously slow, scenic route.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Moira Donegan, Leonora LaPeter Anton, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Linda Besner, and Geraldine DeRuiter.
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My Father’s Body, at Rest and in Motion
A reported, scientific essay in which physician and author Siddhartha Mukherjee considers the body’s proclivity for homeostasis, which kept his elderly father’s failing body alive for longer than seemed to make sense, after he had begun failing, and falling.