The writer investigates her brother’s death, their complicated relationship, and the disturbing mysteries he left behind.

An conversation with Omar Hammami, via Twitter.

A non-erotic journey.

Ending a pregnancy in the most “pro-life” state in America.

The Bitcoin ghostwriter who wasn’t.

The aftereffects of youthful escapes into movie houses.

How shrunken heads ended up in downtown Chicago.

A childhood spent with the oboe.

“As an added bonus, she paid for everything.”

On nomadism, toxicity, and the question of home.

A Washington family’s nightmare year.

Two brothers attempt to bond on a trek in the Cascades

He helped build Jewish American support for Israel. What’s his legacy now?

“My brother Evan was born female. He came out as transgender 16 years ago but never stopped wanting to have a baby. This spring he gave birth to his first child.”

“I took my son to Paris fashion week, and all I got was a profound understanding of who he is, what he wants to do with his life, and how it feels to watch a grown man stride down a runway wearing shaggy yellow Muppet pants.”

“She lived with us for 56 years. She raised me and my siblings without pay. I was 11, a typical American kid, before I realized who she was.”

“My father didn’t believe in things that were a reminder of the past because he had never had things in the past, and, more important, he had never had a past—not a past that mattered, that should be passed on to me, his son.”

A return to old habits post divorce.

“She taught me the tricks of trimming. She taught me to smile when my back ached. She taught me some Bengali words. Sab bhalo. It is all okay.”

I cannot burden my family with worry, because to be a burden worse than not being family at all. Like everyone else, I came to the ballpark to get away from something.

“The idea for Handybook occurred to me when I was studying at Harvard. It was so hard to find a reliable cleaning service to tidy my apartment! You know?”

Immigrant struggles in America forged a bond that became even tighter after my mother’s A.L.S. diagnosis. Then, as COVID-19 threatened, Chinese nationalists began calling us traitors to our country.

For 45 years, , Harmony Audio Video, has been my dad’s life: the reason he left home early every day, the reason he was chronically late to pick me up from school, the reason he didn’t take a single vacation for 25 years.

“I know I learned to use my intelligence as a weapon to keep myself safe from racists, starting as a child, and suddenly it doesn’t feel like enough. The violence is like a puzzle with many moving parts, but the stakes are life and death.”

“This is the story of the past three years of my life. It’s romance in a way, but it’s also a breakup story.”