Articles Tagged with #personalessays
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Personal Essays
Dear Jack
A father writes his son a note on election night. It gets passed around their family and friends—and soon the entire world. What viral impact looks like, post-Trump.
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The Adolescent Scene
Dribbling in the Dark
What it’s like to be 14 in a new school, a new city away from home—and the wrong ethnicity in a divided country.
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Profiles
Powerlifter
Traditionally ostracized in the weight room, women who dare to lift weights discover strength they were previously denied.
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Dispatches
Dark Waters
Some of the world’s largest, oldest fish live in Oregon. Why anyone would want to vandalize them, even abduct them, takes explaining.
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In Plain Sight
Being John
When five million people share your name, your Google-ability is miserably low. Will this forever change naming?
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Learning to Slaughter
This Bird’s Life
Leave the pardoning to the president. For one budding farmer, some truths are self-evident: that turkeys are stupid, dirty, and very mean.
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On Language
Dirty Words
Throwing f-bombs may be offensive to some people, but it’s also one of the greatest mental health regimens ever devised.
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In Plain Sight
The Last Dying Cat
When the family pet nears the end, of course there is sadness. But there is also every other emotion.
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Personal Essays
Life Before Death
If you had to choose between the life of a loved one or the survival of a dozen other people, would you be capable of a rational decision?
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Humans in New York
Honeymoon Sandy
A Manhattan wedding, a cancer scan, and the largest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded.
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Renoir Doesn't Suck
The Writing of Art
Protesters are clashing in the street over paintings. What is it, whether in art or literature, that makes one thing better than another?
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Back to School
Crimewatcher
The victim of a robbery starts attending trials in New Orleans to understand the system while her burglar serves time in jail. Then he gets out.