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A Suit with an Extra Pair of Pants

by Hebe Uhart,

From A Question of Belonging, which was published last month by Archipelago Books. Translated from the Spanish by Anna Vilner. A long time ago, Atilio and I lived in an…

Dark Knights of the Soul

by Gail Godwin,

From Getting to Know Death, which will be published this month by Bloomsbury. I have been close to people who one day found themselves in the desperate place and didn’t…

Sesame Street Racing

From the original description of Need for Spirit Drink & Drive Simulator published in Nintendo’s online store in October. overview: Get ready to embark on a wild journey as a…

Addiction, Recovery, and Experimental Brain Surgery

Host Violet Lucca,Guest Zachary Siegel

New ways of thinking about substance abuse, treatment, and sobriety

The Mourning After

by Maggie Nelson,

From On Freedom, which was published last month by Graywolf Press. Time and time again, users testify in drug literature to a sense that substances are imbued with things we…

Free Bird

by Sierra Crane Murdoch,

By Sierra Crane Murdoch, from Yellow Bird, published this month by Random House. The book investigates a disappearance on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota and explores how…

Alcoholics Synonymous

by Tony Thorne,

From a list of slang terms used by British students to describe drunkenness or the effects of drugs, included by Tony Thorne in the fourth edition of the Dictionary of…

Nuclear Meltdown

From a report by the inspector general of the Air Force concerning allegations against Major General Michael J. Carey of professional misconduct during a trip to Russia last July. In…

The drunk’s club

by Clancy Martin,

A.A., the cult that cures

Works every time

by Harper’s Staff,

A drunkard’s progress. AA and the sobering strength of myth