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Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?
Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing.
Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?
The Pain of Caring for a Parent Who Abused You
The Pain of Caring for a Parent Who Abused You
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The Reckoning
The Reckoning
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The Way Home is a Circle
The Way Home is a Circle
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The Reckoning
Crime
The Reckoning
Andrew Solomon·The New Yorker
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The Way Home is a Circle
Philosophy
The Way Home is a Circle
ゆ 前·The Pilgrim Age
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Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek
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Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek
John Branch·The New York Times
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Fault Lines
Crime
Fault Lines
Seyward Darby·The Atavist Magazine
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Judee Sill: Soldier of the Heart
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Judee Sill: Soldier of the Heart
Grover Lewis·Rolling Stone
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13 Ways of Looking: Lauren Markham
Nature
13 Ways of Looking: Lauren Markham
Lauren Markham·Pioneer Works
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They Saw the Horrific Aftermath of a Mass Shooting. Should We? (Published 2023)
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They Saw the Horrific Aftermath of a Mass Shooting. Should We? (Published 2023)
Jay Kirk·The New York Times
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Stranger in the Village
Personal
Stranger in the Village
James Baldwin·Notes of a Native Son
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My Addicted Son
Psychology
My Addicted Son
David Sheff·The New York Times
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Hiroshima
Personal
Hiroshima
John Hersey·The New Yorker
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Sixteen Failed Attempts to Write a Eulogy for my Father
Personal
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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Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?
Crime
Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?
Gene Weingarten·The Washington Post
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What Science Knows About Grief
Personal
What Science Knows About Grief
Amanda Petrusich·The New Yorker
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Toxic Lies: The Whistleblowers Who Exposed Decades of Nuclear Lies
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Toxic Lies: The Whistleblowers Who Exposed Decades of Nuclear Lies
Holbrook Mohr&Mitch Weiss·The Atavist Magazine
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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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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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