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Froggie regrets. A precious ticket to a Chicago Bulls game. A conversation about AI and nature. A profile of the world’s most famous unknown writer. And to finish, a look back to last Friday and…

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Diane Mehta | The Kenyon Review | Winter 2023 | 6,018 words

“I have no status inside or outside any clear borders unless I consider my mother’s uterus my original country.”

On the Record, At Last

George Anders | The American Spectator | March 23, 2023 | 2,017 words

“My father never got to tell his story at the war crimes trials at Nuremberg—it’s taken decades for the truth to come out.”

Nick Cave on the Fragility of Life

Amanda Petrusich | The New Yorker | March 23, 2023 |

“The singer-songwriter believes that we are deeply flawed, impermanent creatures who can sometimes do extraordinary things.”

Honduran Hydra

Jared Olson | The Baffler | March 21, 2023 | 5,254 words

“The unstoppable Guapinol mine.”

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Our year-end collection

All the top #longreads of 2022, selected by our editors, featured authors, and readers.