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Exit Interview

From The Very Last Interview, a collection of questions loosely adapted from interviews with the writer David Shields, which will be published this month by New York Review Books. Any…

Elder Abuse

by Andrew Cockburn,

Nursing homes, the coronavirus, and the bottom line

Going to Extremes

by Harper’s Magazine,

In sickness, only: on mercy killings, and the crisis in our health care system

Going to Extremes

by Ann Neumann,

Are homicides among the elderly acts of mercy or malice?

Running to the Grave

by Barbara Ehrenreich,

By Barbara Ehrenreich, from Natural Causes, which will be published next month by Twelve. Ehrenreich is the author of more than a dozen books, including Nickel and Dimed (Henry Holt).…

DeLisle, Mississippi

by Jesmyn Ward,

When I was six, a pit bull tried to rip out my throat. I was walking down my parents’ oystershell driveway when the dog attacked me, probably because another dog,…

“Don’t Touch My Medicare!”

by Trudy Lieberman,

Is the beloved program on its last legs?

Untitled

by Max Whittaker,

The End of Retirement

by Jessica Bruder,

When you can’t afford to stop working

The View from 86

by Malcolm Cowley,

By Malcolm Cowley, from a December 20, 1984, letter to Peter Braestrup, editor of Wilson Quarterly. Best known for his literary criticism, Cowley died in 1989. The Long Voyage: Selected…

Two elders seated

Art by Jayne Holsinger,

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Exit Interview

Elder Abuse

Going to Extremes

Going to Extremes

Running to the Grave

DeLisle, Mississippi

“Don’t Touch My Medicare!”

Untitled

The End of Retirement

The View from 86

Two elders seated

December 2008

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