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My Dear You by Rachel Khong

A set of delectable short stories, often hilarious but always poignant. All of them center on identity, belonging, and family, and each feel like they could only be written by Khong. This feeling is actually quite hard to elicit. So many creatives chase authenticity by flaunting deeply personal injuries, but very few achieve what Khong…

The Truth About Whole-Body MRI Scans for Cancer

For most of human history, a cancer diagnosis was a death sentence. Doctors could only identify cancer after it had spread extensively. Even with aggressive surgery, cancer recurred and eventually a cancer-related complication – a blood clot, infection, or organ failure – killed the patient. Research into the mechanisms of cancer has given us options…

Vigil by George Saunders

I’ll be honest: I was not able to finish Lincoln in the Bardo, the famous novel by Saunders that stars Lincoln’s deceased son in limbo. I promise I tried; the image that Saunders painted of Lincoln embracing his son’s body is still stuck in my mind. What a haunting image of one of the few…

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