Leslie Kendall Dye | Longreads | December, 2019 | 16 minutes (4,411 words) “No man is an island.” There is a theory that the mind is a collection of symbiotic identities, some conscious, some unconscious, that form an uneasy alliance…

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Karen Brown | Longreads | December 2019 | 9 minutes (2,139 words) “Do you think you'll pursue more significant work one day?” That's the kind of casual barb my father would deliver over breakfast on my visits home after I was well…

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If you eat California lettuce, broccoli, or strawberries, chances are it came from the Salinas Valley. Situated in Monterey County, south of San Francisco, this so-called “salad bowl of the world” boasts an $8 billion agricultural…

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Soraya Roberts | Longreads | December 2019 | 14 minutes (3,476 words) A few years ago I wrote an essay about my best friend having a baby and my inability to handle it. I wrote about the almost familial closeness of our friendship, about my…

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Audrey Farley | Longreads | June 2019 | 13 minutes (3,381 words) On May 28, Justice Clarence Thomas issued an eyebrow-raising opinion. It concurred with the Supreme Court's decision to uphold an Indiana law that requires abortion providers to…

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