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Death

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "History of Girls"

Dead and living girls communicate in the aftermath of a disaster.

Ayşe Papatya Bucak Lit Hub Aug 2019 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Decisions"

Current near-misses, haunting memories.

Rhonda Schlumpberger Last Exit Jul 2019 Permalink

The Lingering of Loss

On motherhood, writing, and the death of a friend.

Jill Lepore New Yorker Jul 2019 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Dead Man"

An unexpected houseguest: a dead man.

Cara Long Corra jmww Jun 2019 10min Permalink

Business

The Mystery of the Millionaire Hermit

He spent years scrimping and saving. But without a will, where’s his money going?

Claire Martin Bloomberg Businessweek May 2019 20min Permalink

Sports

The Descent of Man

Skiing and partying at the sport’s most dangerous race.

Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Apr 2019 25min Permalink

Sports

The Women Who Nod At Death And Say Let's Go

Riding along with the cowgirls bringing women’s bronc riding back to the rodeo.

Jessica Camille Aguirre Deadspin Apr 2019 30min Permalink

Best Article Science

The Day the Dinosaurs Died

A young paleontologist may have discovered a record of the most significant event in the history of life on Earth.

Douglas Preston New Yorker Mar 2019 30min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Widows Club"

A group of wives discuss the results of their partners' hypothetical demises.

Rosemary Harp Pithead Chapel Mar 2019 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Chuey and Me"

The life of a troubled childhood friend.

Elliott Turner Barren Magazine Feb 2019 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Veil"

A lover's death sends an artist into increasing spirals.

Darci Schummer Ninth Letter Jan 2019 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Billings Brothers at the End of the World"

Brothers comes to terms with guilt during an apocalypse.

Chelsea Hanna Cohen Split Lip Magazine Jan 2019 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Glyph Atlas"

A father's death, mysterious texts, and bodily/environmental changes.

Blake Butler The Collagist Dec 2018 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Repent, Macho Man Randy Savage"

The last years of a wrestling legend.

Jakob Guanzon Split Lip Magazine Nov 2018 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Dead Weight"

The lives of a mortician mother and a wayward veteran stepfather.

Raven Leilani New England Review Sep 2018 15min Permalink

Movies & TV

How Maya Rudolph Became the Master of Impressions

A profile.

Caity Weaver New York Times Magazine Sep 2018 25min Permalink

Best Article Business

Death, Redesigned

A few Silicon Valley executives are experimenting with mortality. “I don’t want death to be such a downer,” says one.

Jon Mooallem California Sunday Mar 2015 25min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Five Stages of Writing a Story"

A father's death, the nature of stories.

Amy Purcell Triquarterly Jul 2018 20min Permalink

Health

Dying Alone in Japan: The Industry Devoted to What’s Left Behind

As the country’s population ages and shrinks, there’s increasing demand for services that clean out and dispose of the property of the dead.

Adam Minter Bloomberg Businessweek Jul 2018 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "I'm Sorry Your Daughter Got Eaten by a Cougar"

Hauntings in the aftermath of an animal attack.

Abbey Mei Otis Guernica Magazine Jul 2018 25min Permalink

Tech

Gone but Not Deleted

When loved ones die, what do we do with the digital reminders they’ve left behind?

Luke O'Neil Boston Magazine Jun 2018 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "When the Rain Comes"

With upheaval looming, a college tennis player considers his love, his training, and his own agency.

Brandon Taylor Nat.Brut May 2018 15min Permalink

Health

Why I’m Giving Up on Preventative Care

How contemporary medicine is testing us to death.

Barbara Ehrenreich Literary Hub Apr 2018 15min Permalink

What Does It Mean to Die?

A 13-year-old girl was declared brain-dead, but her family disagreed. Her case challenges the very nature of existence.

Rachel Aviv The New Yorker Jan 2018 35min Permalink

The Cold Hard Facts of Freezing to Death

A step-by-step account.

Peter Stark Outside Jan 1997 15min Permalink

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