What food do the world’s most feared criminals crave for before they die?

A father’s quest to save his son. By Julie Greicius.

They had the remarkable luck to survive AIDS, and the brutal misfortune to live on. By Erin Allday.

I learned about my mother's lobotomy when I was 25, maybe 26. I'm still trying to make sense of it. By Mona Gable.

"When I read Anne’s House of Dreams now, I wish for a narrative with Leslie, not Anne, as the protagonist." By Kate Washington.

Growing up gay was tough for my twin brother. Dungeons & Dragons made life easier. By Kevin Patterson.

A comic must earn his living as a clown while suffering the ultimate heartbreak. Presented by The Moth.

I lost my virginity to the baddest goth girl at theater camp. When I tracked her down fifteen years later I discovered just how dangerous Liz Barrer really was. By Jonathan Reiss.

There are two kinds of suffering: the patient wrestling with more than he or she can endure. And the family watching, unable to help and also at the mercy of the medical staff. By Pete Dexter, Jeff Nale.

Shortly after my thirteenth birthday, my mother announced somewhat mysteriously that it was time for me “to get to know the books.” By Nir Baram.

Josh Beuhler was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a brain tumor. A photographer documented the Beuhler’s next twenty months.

Our newest correspondent is Megan Mayhew Bergman, who will be writing about naturalism. For her first piece she considers the writer Alan Watts and the “age of environmental anxiety.”

Bailey was leashed to a chair outside a café. The chair fell. Bailey ran. For days. By Andy Newman.

Two boys escaping a [”]residential school[”] followed tragically in the footsteps of Chanie Wenjack. Their story was forgotten. Until now. By Michael Friscolanti.

Marise Williams on the work of artist, jeweller and taxidermist Julia DeVille.

The toxic underwater lake beneath of the Gulf, four-times more salty than the surrounding water, was discovered by the E/V Nautilis expedition. By Jared Leone.

When you’re grieving, a phone can become an optical instrument, turning magical thinking to magical realism. By Alex Ronan.

As many as 700,000 adults in the U.S. with a disability like autism live with parents or another family member who is 60 or older. What happens when those caregivers are gone? One sibling confronts her past and likely future. By Ciara O’Rourke.

The last love affair of Elizabeth Bishop, and the losses behind “One Art.” By Megan Marshall.

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