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The Politics of Chronic Illness Memoirs

The Politics of Chronic Illness Memoirs

"They show a broader human urge to understand the bodies we live in, especially when they falter."

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How Our Kidneys Keep Us Healthy—And What It Means When They Fail

How Our Kidneys Keep Us Healthy—And What It Means When They Fail

Tom Mueller on the History of Dialysis and the Monetization of Prolonging Life

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How a Directionless Path Can Reveal Science's Most Closely-Guarded Secrets

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Ben Stanger on the Messy, Meandering Business of Scientific Discovery

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Pidgeon Pagonis on the Urgency of Writing a Memoir as an Intersex Writer

Pidgeon Pagonis on the Urgency of Writing a Memoir as an Intersex Writer

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My Mother's Clocks: On Losing Time with Dementia

My Mother's Clocks: On Losing Time with Dementia

Jennifer C. Nash on Remembering Someone Who Can No Longer Consistently Remember You

By Jennifer C. Nash | August 14, 2023

Writing Characters in a World After the Repeal of Roe v. Wade

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Ashley Wurzbacher on the Complexities of Creating a Pro-Choice Novel Today

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What America’s Current Drug Binge Reveals About the Post Neoliberal 2020s

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“Glorious But Fragile.” On Looking at the Whole Earth and Finding Peace

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