The Dying Game

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Can a merciless marketplace be entrusted with caring for people?

Drinking Wine with Noah

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“I piled up his clothes, vacuumed his floor, and got rid of the flotsam and jetsam of an unclicked mind.” Robert Barsanti takes his father to the hospital.

Eating Sushi at Stoplights

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Caring for his mother through treatment for a brain tumor, David Olimpio finds odd comforts in a city he used to call home.

Out of the Cradle

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The gifts from one’s parents include passions and observations that communicate—and finally become—character and identity.

Contractually Bound – But Not In A Kinky Way

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Jamie Reidy agrees that deep-sexing in the workplace doesn’t have to lead to deep-sixing from the workplace

The Choice

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For Max Novak, a lifetime of illness and surgeries wasn’t reconciled by a single choice, but because he had a choice at all.

There’s No Such Thing as ‘Routine’ Surgery

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There’s no such thing as a routine surgical procedure.