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Matters of the Heart: On Daily Life With a Defective Yet Vital Organ

Matters of the Heart: On Daily Life With a Defective Yet Vital Organ

Jeffrey L. Kosky: "My heart was defecting—as if it were not really mine—and the defector threatened to tear me apart."

By Jeffrey L. Kosky | February 26, 2025

Paul Lisicky on Joni Mitchell, Anti-Memoirs, and How Songwriting Influences His Nonfiction

Paul Lisicky on Joni Mitchell, Anti-Memoirs, and How Songwriting Influences His Nonfiction

The Author of “Song So Wild and Blue” in Conversation with Emma Copley Eisenberg

By Emma Copley Eisenberg | February 24, 2025

After the Fall: Hanif Kureishi on Trauma, Recovery and What It Means to Be a Writer

After the Fall: Hanif Kureishi on Trauma, Recovery and What It Means to Be a Writer

“I am determined to keep writing, it has never mattered to me more.”

By Hanif Kureishi | February 11, 2025

Love Books? You Still Might Suffer From Bibliophobia

Love Books? You Still Might Suffer From Bibliophobia

Sarah Chihaya on the Real Consequences of Fearing Books

By Sarah Chihaya | February 4, 2025

From Red Dust to Distrust: On the Unhealed Wounds of Nuclear Testing

From Red Dust to Distrust: On the Unhealed Wounds of Nuclear Testing

Emily Yates-Doerr Explores a Family History of Illness, Government Cover-Ups and Institutional Skepticism

By Emily Yates-Doerr | January 9, 2025

On World AIDS Day What Does It Mean to Live in a Culture Defined By Virality?

On World AIDS Day What Does It Mean to Live in a Culture Defined By Virality?

Heather McCalden on World AIDS Day, Ribbons, and Viruses

By Heather McCalden | December 2, 2024

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Between Agency and Fate: Towards a New Poetics of Illness and Healing

Between Agency and Fate: Towards a New Poetics of Illness and Healing

Eleni Stecopoulos: “To be the hero or victim of one’s story is to deny the lines of power that cross and enervate our bodies.”

By Eleni Stecopoulos | October 18, 2024

Maira Kalman on Losing a Sister to Forced Separation

Maira Kalman on Losing a Sister to Forced Separation

“How could she be expected to overcome the sorrow of being sent away from the family?”

By Maira Kalman | October 15, 2024

What We Owe Each Other: A Daughter on Her Mother’s Wish to Die With Dignity

What We Owe Each Other: A Daughter on Her Mother’s Wish to Die With Dignity

Marianne Brooker: “We are interdependent, both separate from and reliant upon others.”

By Marianne Brooker | September 25, 2024

Rosie Schaap on Losing Her Husband: “He Wanted to Go on Reading Because He Wanted to Go on Living.”

Rosie Schaap on Losing Her Husband: “He Wanted to Go on Reading Because He Wanted to Go on Living.”

The Unhappiest of Valentine’s Day in a Brooklyn Hospice

By Rosie Schaap | August 21, 2024

The Moment When a Brain Surgeon Sees the Most Terrifying Diagnosis in Medicine

The Moment When a Brain Surgeon Sees the Most Terrifying Diagnosis in Medicine

Theodore H. Schwartz Shares the Story of a Patient with GBM, the Supervillain of Malignant Tumors

By Theodore H. Schwartz | August 14, 2024

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