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Happy Birthday, Longreads!

By Lisa Dusenbery April 24th, 2013 Longreads just celebrated its fourth birthday.Check out their rundown of frequent #longreads contributors and recommendations. And then do some reading to…

Boaters

For the longest time, I intensely disliked the word naturalized. It made me feel as if my family’s very existence was unnatural, and would only change once they became citizens. I looked up…
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1416 words)

t.co / Twitter

Twitter uses the t.co domain as part of a service to protect users from harmful activity, to provide value for the developer ecosystem, and as a quality signal for surfacing relevant, interesting…
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t.co / Twitter

Twitter uses the t.co domain as part of a service to protect users from harmful activity, to provide value for the developer ecosystem, and as a quality signal for surfacing relevant, interesting…
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Longreads Love

Longreads chose “Sick,” Amy Butcher’s powerful essay on mental illness, as one of their picks this week.Thanks, Longreads, we love you back!
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Sick

I visit him on Tuesday nights at the only time they’ll let me see him. I show the receptionist my driver’s license, confirm my social security number and home address, and sign my name…
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3358 words)

Sick

I visit him on Tuesday nights at the only time they’ll let me see him. I show the receptionist my driver’s license, confirm my social security number and home address, and sign my name…
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3358 words)

What Music?

A dozen Decembers ago, my brother was found in his Bronco, burnt to shit. He had been out drinking with strangers—at least, that’s what the detective told us. The last words we know he…
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1509 words)
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The Way We Left Cuba

The plane began its decent over the last 90 haunting miles of sea that divides Cuba from the United States, a sea that might be the largest graveyard in the world. Out my window the sunset glazed…
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4936 words)
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