A diagnosis alters a writer’s relationship to his work.
The Yale Review
Posted inNonfiction
Best of 2023: Personal Essays
Our favorite personal essays published this year include stories on loss, Indigenous community, video games, caring for aging relatives, and the fear of missing love.
Posted inTop 5
Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week we’re sharing stories from Kamran Javadizadeh, Joshua Hunt, Amy McCarthy, Jaron Lanier, and Andy Greene.
Posted inReading List
Questioning the Stories We Hold: A Reading List Inspired by Annie Ernaux
Five stories that question the stories we hold about ourselves.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Strangers in Our Own Homes
“We frequently ghost ourselves even when we are looking in the mirror, hoping to show up worthier, richer, fairer, and lovelier for this country.”
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There I Almost Am
“I can be a very generous sister—maternal, even—as long as I am winning.” Jean Garnett writes about envy and being a twin.