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‘The Passage of Power,’ Robert Caro’s New L.B.J. Book

“The Passage of Power,” the fourth installment of Robert Caro’s brilliant series on Lyndon Johnson, spans roughly five years, beginning shortly before the 1960 presidential contest, including the Bay…
PUBLISHED: May 2, 2012
LENGTH: 2 minutes (665 words)
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Why Do They Hate Us? - By Mona Eltahawy

In "Distant View of a Minaret," the late and much-neglected Egyptian writer Alifa Rifaat begins her short story with a woman so unmoved by sex with her husband that as he focuses solely on his…
PUBLISHED: April 23, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (920 words)
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Pain Is A Gift, And Other Notes From A Terrified Father During A Seven-Week-Premature Birth

When the baby cried, I knew it wasn't gonna die. They had just pulled my son out of my wife and whisked him over to one of those fancy hotel pans that you put newborns in, and there was a brief…
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3216 words)

The Best Storytelling for the Best Places in the World, Presented by Virgin Atlantic

Introducing Travelreads: The Best Storytelling for the Best Places in the World, Presented by Virgin Atlantic One of the coolest things about Longreads is when someone tweets:  “I’m…
AUTHOR:longreads
LENGTH: 1 minutes (263 words)

The Mystery of the Millionaire Metaphysician

The search for an amateur philosopher In the July/August 2001 issue of the late, great magazine Lingua Franca, James Ryerson published an enthralling article about an anonymous benefactor who was…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 10, 2012
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5646 words)

Wonder Dog

PUBLISHED: Feb. 2, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (882 words)
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Dan P. Lee, Molly Lambert, Paul Collins, Amy Harmon, Jeff Wise, Maria Bustillos, Kathy Dobie, Mark Armstrong

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Weight Watchers Revamps Its Magic Formula

Like many Weight Watchers members, David Kirchoff has a Before picture and an After picture. In the Before, he looks jolly but hefty, all cheeks and jowls, the result of years of eating obliviously.…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 16, 2011
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4180 words)
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