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The Way Home is a Circle
On a friend who asked how to control his mind, the boy with the bucket, and the long road back to wonder.
The Way Home is a Circle
The Pain of Caring for a Parent Who Abused You
The Pain of Caring for a Parent Who Abused You
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Guantánamo’s Darkest Secret
Guantánamo’s Darkest Secret
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This Russian Family Lived Alone in the Siberian Wilderness for 40 Years, Unaware of World War II or the Moon Landing
This Russian Family Lived Alone in the Siberian Wilderness for 40 Years, Unaware of World War II or the Moon Landing
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The Way Home is a Circle
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My Addicted Son
Psychology
My Addicted Son
David Sheff·The New York Times
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Hiroshima
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Hiroshima
John Hersey·The New Yorker
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The Reckoning
Crime
The Reckoning
Andrew Solomon·The New Yorker
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Sixteen Failed Attempts to Write a Eulogy for my Father
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Sixteen Failed Attempts to Write a Eulogy for my Father
Jude Doyle·The Jude Doyle Newsletter Experience
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Notes of a Native Son
Race
Notes of a Native Son
James Baldwin·Harper's Magazine
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Dispatch from Flyover Country
Culture
Dispatch from Flyover Country
Meghan O'Gieblyn·The Threepenny Review
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Still Life
Sports
Still Life
Skip Hollandsworth·Texas Monthly
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The Pain of Caring for a Parent Who Abused You
Health
The Pain of Caring for a Parent Who Abused You
Katie Engelhart·The New York Times
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Private prisons are shrouded in secrecy. I took a job as a guard to get inside—then things got crazy
Crime
Private prisons are shrouded in secrecy. I took a job as a guard to get inside—then things got crazy
Shane Bauer·Mother Jones
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Guantánamo’s Darkest Secret
Crime
Guantánamo’s Darkest Secret
Ben Taub·The New Yorker
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Traversing the Darien Gap, the Longest Walk to America
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Traversing the Darien Gap, the Longest Walk to America
Nadja Drost·The California Sunday Magazine
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A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out
Culture
A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out
Ara Rosenthal·Wired
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How Emily Wilson Made Homer Modern
Literature
How Emily Wilson Made Homer Modern
Judith Thurman·The New Yorker
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The People Who Prioritize a Friendship Over Romance
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The People Who Prioritize a Friendship Over Romance
Rhaina Cohen·The Atlantic
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Sins of the Father
Personal
Sins of the Father
Eric Pape·The Atavist Magazine
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A Family Secret No More
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A Family Secret No More
Susan Saulny·The New York Times
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The Girl in the Window: A feral child was rescued, given a chance at a better life
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The Girl in the Window: A feral child was rescued, given a chance at a better life
Lane DeGregory·Tampa Bay Times
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The Bravest Woman in Seattle
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The Bravest Woman in Seattle
Eli Sanders·The Stranger
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A survivor's life
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A survivor's life
Eli Saslow·Washington Post
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