The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Elizabeth Weil, Neena Satija, Dan McDougall, Leslie Jamison, and Amos Barshad. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. * * * 1. Did Venus...
View ArticleSince I Became Symptomatic
A month after filing for divorce, single mom Leslie Jamison contracted COVID-19. She wrote this meditation on single parenthood, loneliness, longing, and frustration while sheltering in place — and...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Jessica Lustig, Ed Yong, Leslie Jamison, Rosa Lyster, and Geoff Edgers. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. 1. What I Learned When My...
View ArticleWhere ‘Strangers Whisper Secrets in Your Ear’
At the New York Review of Books, Leslie Jamison reviews “Private Lives Public Spaces,” an exhibition of home movies and photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. (While the museum is...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Doug Bock Clark, Thomas Lake, Leslie Jamison, Paul Thompson, and Jude Isabella. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. 1. Inside the...
View ArticleA Personal History of the C-Section
“When my daughter’s delivery went off the script I had imagined, it made me wonder about what we ask from our birth stories.” Read The Story
View ArticleThe Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Here are five stories that moved us this week, and the reasons why. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. 1. The Price of Admission Rachel Aviv | The New Yorker | March 28th,...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Here are five stories that moved us this week, and the reasons why. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. 1. Paper, Cut Various Authors | Washington City Paper | May 5th, 2022...
View ArticleThe Dubious Rise of Imposter Syndrome
It affected Maya Angelou and Neil Gaiman. Before it was a well-known syndrome — and you and/or someone you know is likely affected by it — it was referred to as a phenomenon. What exactly are we...
View ArticleThe Birth of My Daughter, the Death of My Marriage
In this excerpt of her forthcoming book, Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story, Leslie Jamison recounts the early months of her daughter’s life. During that period, Jamison juggled a book tour, a...
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