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I Am Al’s Lymphoma
"You could just call me Cancer, but you’re better off not calling me at all, and hoping that I never call you."Issue 78
Let’s Say
"Let’s say the medical examiner rules the cause of death 'undetermined.' There’s not enough information to say exactly what happened, except that he fell."Issue 78
Punching Up
Funny women are bringing serious subjects to the stage and revolutionizing comedy—and creative nonfiction—in the processIssue 77
Para
What can a DNA test really tell you about who you are?Issue 76
6′3″ Man with Doritos
Home alone for a month, a married man on the verge of midlife revisits old letters from his first love and wonders why it’s so hard to apologize.True Story, Issue #20
A Dirge for the Doubly Dead
The birth-to-death saga of one Jacob Crouch unfolds against a remarkable period in American history. As the railway stretches ever westward and the advent of electricity resets internal clocks, a patriarch farmer and his children amass—and tragically lose—a fortune.True Story, Issue #16
Muzzled
On her eighteenth birthday, Gabriela Denise Frank asks her father to take her shooting in the desert—a father-daughter bonding day. But are there other motives behind her request? This far-ranging discussion of guns, ballistics, mass shootings, and the psychology of abuse ends in a simple question: Will she, or won’t she?True Story, Issue #03
Bought and Sold
A search for an inherited plot of undeveloped land in New Mexico inspires this sprawling history of lies and broken promises involving railroads and ranchers, land grants and land grabs.True Story, Issue #30
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A not-so-scenic tour of Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhoodTrue Story, Issue #11
Tarot of Transformation
In vignettes structured through the 22 cards of the Tarot deck’s Major Arcana, a young woman surfs the rough waters of the Pacific, journeys through the Colombian Amazon, hikes through summer in Alaska, hops trains from coast to coast, and wanders the streets of San Francisco.True Story, Issue #10