Fiction Pick of the Week: "Mercy"
A troubled man's complex acts of mercy,
Great articles, every Saturday.
A troubled man's complex acts of mercy,
David Byron Queen New World Writing Dec 2020 10min Permalink
The story of an aviator-adventurer draws a journalist into a reflection on his own family’s history of flight.
Ed Caesar New Yorker Oct 2020 Permalink
In 1989, USC had a depth chart of a dozen linebackers. Five have died, each before age 50.
Michael Rosenberg Sports Illustrated Oct 2020 30min Permalink
How COVID-19 ravaged Minnesota.
Reid Forgrave Star Tribune Oct 2020 50min Permalink
A psychoanalytic reading of social media and the death drive.
An artist struggles with family loss and complexities.
Gina Chung Split Lip Magazine Aug 2020 10min Permalink
Cultures clash when a man bonds with his boyfriend's mother.
Bryan Washington New Yorker Aug 2020 25min Permalink
On the epidemic of deaths in jails.
Dana Liebelson, Ryan J. Reilly Huffington Post Jul 2016 15min Permalink
A queer Black man's chance encounters.
Brandon Taylor them. Jul 2020 25min Permalink
A hundred and fifty years ago, slightly more, a strange notion: the dead could be counted. In the Civil War, in the lush fields of the South, Americans first, as a culture, began to imagine death in numbers. Rosters of soldiers, as well as lists of war casualties, were not common practice in the mid-nineteenth century. Many officials feared responsibility for the dead by numbering or naming them, and military leaders felt an accurate count might embolden their enemies.
Shannon Pufahl NY Review of Books Apr 2020 10min Permalink
A husband tells his wife a strange, secret story.
Harris Lahti Hobart Mar 2020 Permalink
Mountain athletes face death and grief more often than most of us. One therapist thinks he can help.
Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Feb 2020 20min Permalink
Medical examiners provide crucial insights into public health and safety. What happens when we don’t have enough of them?
Jordan Kisner New York Times Magazine Feb 2020 20min Permalink
An addict's relationship causes various traumas.
Max Halper Pithead Chapel Feb 2020 10min Permalink
A gay Costa Rican shopowner navigates family turmoil and political upheaval.
John Manuel Arias Barren Magazine Jan 2020 15min Permalink
Widowers form a bond.
Jason Villemez Joyland Magazine Dec 2019 20min Permalink
Home-funeral guides believe that families can benefit from tending to—and spending time with—the bodies of their deceased.
Maggie Jones New York Times Magazine Dec 2019 35min Permalink
On the meaning of an ancient practice: collecting seashells.
Krista Langlois Hakai Magazine Oct 2019 15min Permalink
The view of a life from cruising altitude.
Mark Sundeen Outside Oct 2019 25min Permalink
One man’s quest to stop horse racing deaths.
Ryan Goldberg Deadspin Sep 2019 30min Permalink
Three deaths in the mountains, and a community left to wonder: How close should we stand to our own mortality to feel alive?
A story of two births.
Leslie Jamison The Atlantic Aug 2019 30min Permalink
Dead and living girls communicate in the aftermath of a disaster.
Ayşe Papatya Bucak Lit Hub Aug 2019 15min Permalink
Current near-misses, haunting memories.
Rhonda Schlumpberger Last Exit Jul 2019 Permalink
On motherhood, writing, and the death of a friend.
Jill Lepore New Yorker Jul 2019 Permalink