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The Food Writer Who Lost Her Sense of Smell

The Food Writer Who Lost Her Sense of Smell

Sofia Perez on Losing One of the Things That Mattered Most to Her

By Sofia Perez | November 2, 2017

First-Person Stories of the Body Are Much More Than Clickbait

First-Person Stories of the Body Are Much More Than Clickbait

In Praise of Narrative Medicine

By M. Sophia Newman | October 26, 2017

A Stroke Made My Mother a Poet, I Merely Transcribed

A Stroke Made My Mother a Poet, I Merely Transcribed

For Freeman's Marius Chivu on the Origins of His First Poem

By Marius Chivu | October 19, 2017

Do Even Happy People Cheat?

Do Even Happy People Cheat?

Esther Perel on Mining the Meaning of Affairs

By Esther Perel | October 13, 2017

Why Does Literature Have So Little to Say About Illness?

Why Does Literature Have So Little to Say About Illness?

Meghan O'Rourke on the Need for More Representation

By Meghan O'Rourke | October 5, 2017

11 Ways of Looking at Pleasure

11 Ways of Looking at Pleasure

"What Happens to Pleasure When You are Already Dead?"

By Alex Lemon | September 14, 2017

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By Cree LeFavour | August 2, 2017

Field Notes From My Dementia

By Gerda Saunders | June 22, 2017

The Mysteries of the Pancreas: Of the Body, Cancer, and Death

By Wendy Call | June 15, 2017

Boxing Through Trauma During the Afghan Civil War

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“The doctor said I had seen too many bad things”

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By Kerri Arsenault | April 12, 2017

Outrunning Eshu: On Finally Seeking Treatment for Depression

Outrunning Eshu: On Finally Seeking Treatment for Depression

"All those years of muscling. Did it make me a better person?"

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Walt Whitman's Manly Advice on Travel, Boxing, and Food

Walt Whitman's Manly Advice on Travel, Boxing, and Food

"Manly health! Is there not a kind of fascinating magic in the words?"

By Walt Whitman | April 6, 2017

Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

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Brain Orgasm? The Literary World of ASMR

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Election Stressing You Out? Calm Down With Some Bookish Whispering

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Who Can Speak for the Deaf Community?

Who Can Speak for the Deaf Community?

Sara Nović on the Ongoing Fight for Digital Accessibility

By Sara Nović | October 26, 2016

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