We published hundreds of essays and commentaries in 2023. These are the pieces that attracted the most readers, and took up the most space in our hearts and brains.
Since her daughter’s first seizure at 17 months, Kate Neale Cooper has spent more nights in the hospital than she can count. But it wasn’t all bad. Life has a different rhythm in the hospital, she writes one that plants you in the here and now, one where the next step you have to take is clear.