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Longreads Member Pick: Someone Could Get Hurt (Chapter 1), by Drew Magary

Introduction For this week's Member Pick, we're thrilled to share the first chapter of Drew Magary's new memoir on fatherhood,  "I was in the middle of writing a second novel that would…
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1103 words)

Making It Personal: Geneticist Michael Snyder Puts a Face on Personalized Medicine

Michael Snyder does not look like a man with Type 2 diabetes. Snyder, chair of the Stanford University School of Medicine’s Genetics Department, is not overweight, nor is he African American,…
AUTHOR:Kayt Sukel
PUBLISHED: May 14, 2013
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2646 words)
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‘See you on the other side’

Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism Her time Jessica Lum was a journalist for the new century, an empathic reporter who…
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3460 words)

Why Is Iran Running Out of Medicine?

Earlier this week, an earthquake in southern Iran knocked down at least 800 houses, killed dozens, and injured 900. Lax building codes meant the cement structures crumbled fast, trapping people…
PUBLISHED: April 12, 2013
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1930 words)

It Gets Better, Y’all

Brad Paisley, who has managed to write hugely popular country songs that touch on race and immigration, performs at the Daytona 500 in 2011. (PHOTO: TOM PENNINGTON/GETTY IMAGES FOR NASCAR) A man in a…
PUBLISHED: April 8, 2013
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2139 words)
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Southern Radicle

Sean Brock takes stock of a curing hog. Photo: Joe Spring So much of chef Sean Brock’s success started with the idea of a seed. In May 2010, David Howard of the
AUTHOR:Joe Spring
PUBLISHED: March 18, 2013
LENGTH: 2 minutes (704 words)

Weekend Reading: A Nazi in Hollywood, Glacier Vodka, and a Daughter’s Tribute

I love the intersection of history, politics, and Hollywood in this piece by Bruce Handy in Tin House. Toward the end of the Second World War, Budd Schulberg (author, friend of F. Scott Fitzgerald,…
PUBLISHED: March 17, 2013
LENGTH: 2 minutes (613 words)

A Love Affair With Freeze-Dried Food

Workers go down to minus 12 degrees. Photo: Peter Bohler
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1019 words)

Chef Blaine Wetzel's Quest to Become the Ultimate Locavore

Chef Blaine Wetzel forages for deliciousness. Photo: Misha Gravenor
LENGTH: 3 minutes (994 words)
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