Essays are all about reflection, and we thought we’d kick off 2023 with a look at the most-read pieces of last year. It can sometimes feel like hours (years) of hard work disappear into the maw of our short attention spans, and these lists serve as important reminders of the work.
— The Eds.
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#1 “Explicit Violence” by Lidia Yuknavitch
#2 “Forest” by April Lim
#3 “Another Thing to Chase” by Tracy Morin
#4 “At the Playground” by Lucas Mann
#5 “Constraints: A Hometown Ode” by Anne P. Beatty
#6 “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Allegra Hyde
#7 “The Flowers You Left Us” by Annelise Jolley
#8 “Fat Ghost” by Lu Chekowsky
#9 “Burning” by Dionne Irving
#10 “Cure for Last Night’s Leftovers” by Monica Prince
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