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A disturbing children’s psychiatric hospital. The city of Cairo is changing. Optimism about the superiority of AI. The mystery of…

Kevin Sampsell | Longreads | September 26, 2023 | 23 minutes (6,342 words) This essay deals with suicide and suicidal…

A fearless investigation into child migrant labor. Reenacting the tragic murder of an activist. A journey back to the place…

I came to librarianship the way most other librarians do: I fell into it. After a full-time job that had…

In this edition, we recommend the following: A journalist’s essay about her childhood and finding her voice through words. The…

Gyasi Hall | Longreads | September 12, 2023 | 21 minutes (5,698 words) The seventy-first issue of MAD Magazine, cover…

Wilson M. Sims| Longreads | September 7, 2023 | 16 minutes (4,665 words) My watch vibrates, my cell phone chimes,…

Robert Kolker | Atavist Magazine | August 2023 | 1,183 words (5 minutes) This is an excerpt from the issue.…

Maggie Levantovskaya | Longreads | August 31, 2023 | 20 minutes (5,624 words) It’s been a month since Russia fired…

The true price of nuclear power. America’s longest-incarcerated man. One man secretly takes on a global tragedy. Colorful characters to…