The Way We Live Now

A novelist and essayist living with late-stage Lyme and schizoaffective disorder opens up about Twitter, trauma, and trying to make art in the face of both her chronic illness and the troubling reality we now find ourselves in.

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A writer and professor in Mississippi reflects

on this moment of reckoning.

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A chef at a small-town restaurant talks about keeping his business afloat, coming to terms with a new kind of solitude, and how he uses cooking to stay connected to the outside world.

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We can’t gather. We can’t hold each other close. We can’t break bread. Whether we’re alone or with our families, our daily lives have been upended. On her new podcast The Way We Live Now, bestselling author and Family Secrets host Dani Shapiro has searching, intimate conversations with people from all walks of life about how they’re coping — and managing to stay connected. Mark your calendar: The Way We Live Now premieres April 14.

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A primary-care physician nearing retirement deletes an email about volunteering in a COVID-19 clinic — then regret sets in.

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