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I first saw Brahna Yassky give a reading at cidery Seminary Hill a few years ago for an event sponsored by my local bookshop One Grand Books. I enjoyed what I heard of her work and so was delighted to see her name come across my desk a few years later. Her essay, the latest in our Personals section, is a tale of adventure, travel and things not always being quite what they seem.
Free for a Week! “I Tried Selling My Body for Money—I Was Surprised By What I Found”
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Listen: ‘You’ve Got to Keep Going Till It Bleeds’
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -11:53 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Listen: ‘You’ve Got to Keep Going Till It Bleeds’ Life-changing advice I got on my first job. We have heard from so many people about how much this Personals essay from Dr. Chris Hartnick means to them. That it showed them a side of the medical world they don’t usually get to see, that it was beautifully written though heartbreaking, that the piece gave them hope.
Why Did Three Ordinary People Become Bank Robbers?
It can be tempting to think of economic collapses as being on the softer end of the crisis scale. Compared to the concrete misery of wars and natural disasters, they can seem a bit abstract, more of a spreadsheet disaster. When Lebanon’s economy fell apart in 2019 there was nothing abstract about it. I was living here (insulated from the worst by my foreign currency and passport) and every day I would hear heartbreaking stories. People who couldn’t pay for their kids’ cancer treatment.
That Time I Learned an Unforgettable Lesson From a 12-Year-Old Monk
We recently held a contest over at our sister site, Narratively Academy, in which we asked you about a time when you learned from someone unexpected. After tearing up through many of your flash pieces, we found this was the one we kept coming back to. It’s a gorgeous little piece that made us think about what it means to be enlightened, about generosity and our collective pledges to do better. Sure to give you all the feels.
I Tried Selling My Body for Money—I Was Surprised By What I Found
Illustration by K. Wroten | Story edited by Jesse Sposato The two young women, dressed in stylish black miniskirts, long dark hair cascading down their backs, stood in stilettos under the streetlights like they belonged there. They said, “Hola,” in demure voices when Patricio and I returned together around 2 a.m. after finishing drinks with friends.
Concrete, Chaos and Chrysanthemums: How Urban Gardens Saved My Lower East Side
Photos courtesy Jardin del Paraiso, Nelsy Maldonado, and the author. This story is part of our ongoing series From the Ground Up, a collaboration between Narratively and ScottsMiracle-Gro exploring the lives, memories, and connections rooted in the yards, fields, and green spaces we call home. My father arrived in Manhattan’s Lower East Side from Puerto Rico in 1968 at 21, and went to work that same day, selling limber de coco — creamy coconut ices — from a cart on an unshaded street corner.
Woman Versus Nature
Photos courtesy the author and James Martin. This story is part of our ongoing series From the Ground Up, a collaboration between Narratively and ScottsMiracle-Gro exploring the lives, memories, and connections rooted in the yards, fields, and green spaces we call home. “No. No!” I scream as I look through the sliding glass door. A horrific sight awaits. It’s Memorial Day weekend, kicking off the prime summer months in Michigan.
The Renegade Bank Robbers Who Stole Back Their Own Money
For many readers, the catastrophic financial collapse that hit Lebanon in 2019 likely got lost in the never-ending parade of plagues, wars and crises that have dominated the news this past decade. But whether you know anything about Lebanon or not, this brand-new story is a truly riveting read. Beirut-based reporter and photographer Jacob Russell brings us the tale of three ordinary people who were fed up with being left behind — and took dramatic action.
Shamu Saved My Life. Or Did He?
Illustration by Wenjia Tang/Narratively archive Angie Chuang’s writing impressed us from the very beginning. So when we learned she recently won the Frank Luther Mott/Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award for her book American Otherness in Journalism: News Media Representations of Identity and Belonging, we were not at all surprised.