The Best of Our Lives Column
For more than 20 years, The Times Magazine has published Lives, a series of incisive personal essays or as-told-to accounts. Here are some of our favorites.
By The New York Times Magazine
For more than 20 years, The Times Magazine has published Lives, a series of incisive personal essays or as-told-to accounts. Here are some of our favorites.
By The New York Times Magazine
Defying obstacles, and her husband, to pursue an education and a career.
As told to Lauren Schenkman
The religion of a companion causes a sectarian split.
As told to Dmitriy Frolovskiy
Discomfort and deliverance on a long trip through Pakistan.
By Rafiq Ebrahim
Allaying suspicions on the Ukrainian front, with some unexpected assistance.
By Sandor Jaszberenyi
Getting started in the United States means living through some surprises.
As told to Cynthia Agustin
Zen and the art of managing comments about your crew of women riders.
By Lily Brooks-Dalton
At 80, she has spent years alone in her Russian village.
As told to Dmitriy Frolovskiy
Building a new home on the land where family members were killed.
As told to Sarah Esther Maslin
Disease comes between a young Nigerian couple.
As told to Chika Oduah
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