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What Happens When You Don’t Die on Time?
“Hélène Campbell was supposed to be long dead by now. She emptied her bucket list, bank account—and, at 34, is left to wonder: ‘What next?’ And she’s not alone.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Long Now of the Web: Inside the Internet Archive’s Fight Against Forgetting
“A comprehensive engineering and operational analysis of the Internet Archive.”
Posted inTop 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: subsea storytelling, a preservation paradox, achieving serpentine symbiosis, an investigation into infinity, and a marijuana mystery.
Posted inCuration
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: a father’s grief; a commuter’s concern; a decision’s consequences; a teen’s hobby; and a sports fan’s hidden haven.
Posted inEditor's Pick
A Work of Love
“Before gay marriage was legal, illustrator John Megahan was called to work on a revolutionary secret project: bringing to life, in painstaking scientific detail, the queer lives of the animal world.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Making of Silent Bruce
The tragic end to Bruce Willis’ career — aphasia that challenges his speaking and cognition — shouldn’t befall anyone. Yet, as Matt Zoller Seitz points out in an incisive reading of the actor’s oeuvre, Willis long ago chose a path that would eerily presage his eventual diagnosis. You could say Willis’s career was never the […]
Posted inFeature, The Atavist Magazine
‘What Kind of Man Would Abandon His Family By Pretending To Be Dead?’
A father’s disappearance, dark family secrets, and the hunt for Bigfoot.
Posted inReading List
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Reading List on Pop Concerts
It’s been a huge year for live music, so let’s take a tour.
