“The rules dictated that I hide not only my sensitivity but my essential being in the world.”
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I Am the “Other” in “Mother”
“By choosing surrogacy, I felt I outsourced the very essence of what makes a woman worthy.”
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Losing My Dad in Installments
“Back then, it felt easier to say goodbye to each part of him as they left.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Showcasing stories from Jason Motlagh, Rhaina Cohen, Lydia C. Buchanan, Molly Young, and Forrest Wickman.
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Being an Asian Southerner Means Being an Anomaly, Squared
“This is how I know an Asian South exists: I miss it.”
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I Loved “Texas Chain Saw Massacre” Before I Loved Myself
“With each rewatch, I got further from the me I was in high school and closer to my truest self.”
Posted inReading List
One Thing After Another: A Reading List for Lovers & Makers of Lists
Five stories celebrating the power and beauty of lists.
Posted inReading List
Untold Fortunes: A Reading List on the Creative Uses of the Tarot
Five stories that explore cultural and literary references to the tarot.
Posted inCuration
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending stories from Mariana Serapicos, Camille Bromley, Devon Fredericksen, Georgia Brown, and Sarah Golibart Gorman.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week we have stories from David Roth, Dhruv Mehrotra and Andy Greenberg, Thomas Dai, Cameron Maynard, and Katherine Rundell.
