“A little less than eighty miles from the Oregon coast and a little more than a thousand miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, Jose was selling the feeling of being around something familiar.”
Cheri Lucas Rowlands
Cheri has been an editor at Longreads since 2014.
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My Midlife Crisis Corolla Is Fast, Furious, and Fully Modded
“Forget Vin Diesel. Asian Americans are the heroes of import car culture.”
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Are Crows Really Our Friends?
“An investigation into the state of corvid–human relations.”
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My Father Wants to Age in Place. AI Will Be Watching
“Devices that monitor seniors for safety are appealing to worried loved ones and underresourced home care agencies.”
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Route 66 Is Turning 100 This Year. It Still Has Stories to Tell About America.
“The country’s legendary main street celebrates its centennial against the backdrop of the nation’s 250th birthday. Could there be a better time for a road trip?”
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The Mars Delusion
“Establishing a human colony on Mars is fraught with risk. Why are so many people obsessed with achieving it?”
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The Mom Who Runs a Household With a Staff of AI Agents
“Jesse Genet’s time was scarce. So she hired Claire, Sylvie, Clark, Dan, and Chloe.”
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How to Hack a Superyacht
“GPS is critical to everything from shipping to warfare. Tricking it is ridiculously easy.”
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What If It All Came Out?
“We’re each attached to years of texts, searches, and photos, an archive of humiliation that could detonate at any time.”