52 Blue
The story of the loneliest whale in the world.
Leslie Jamison
Is It Strange to Say I Miss the Bodies of Strangers?
A whirlwind tour of Istanbul’s public baths.
The Breakup Museum
Strangers want their past relationships witnessed, and other strangers come to Zagreb to witness them.
The Quickening
A story of two births.
The Empathy Exams
On medical acting and real pain.
Fog Count
What prison does to a person.
Confessions of an Unredeemed Fan
Remembering Amy Winehouse.
The Immortal Horizon
The story of the 100-mile Barkley Marathons.
“What makes it so bad? No trail, for one. A cumulative elevation gain that’s nearly twice the height of Everest.”
Does Recovery Kill Great Writing?
The author faces this question as she emerges from alcoholism.
I Used to Insist I Didn’t Get Angry. Not Anymore.
On female rage.
The Digital Ruins of a Forgotten Future
Second Life was supposed to be the future of the internet, but then Facebook came along. Yet many people still spend hours each day inhabiting this virtual realm. Their stories—and the world they’ve built—illuminate the promise and limitations of online life.
In the Shadow of a Fairy Tale
On becoming a stepmom.
The March on Everywhere
The ragged glory of female activism.
Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain
An essay on the wounded woman.
The Two Faces of Paradise
A last-minute trip to Sri Lanka.
The Devil's Bait
Exploring the riddle of Morgellons disease: sufferers feel things crawling under their skin and hardly anyone believes them.
What's Wrong With Sentimentality?
Leslie Jamison, author of The Empathy Exams, on crying in movie theaters, “attention whores” and David Foster Wallace.
Make It Scream, Make It Burn
An analysis of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men and Cotton Tenants, the original manuscript.
