“In New Orleans, water is coming. What should we do with the time we have left?”
Cheri Lucas Rowlands
Cheri has been an editor at Longreads since 2014.
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On Not Being a Homeowner
“Generational wealth shapes our futures and friendships, whether we talk about it or not.”
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More Nothing Now
“We are most human when we play freely, imaginatively, pointlessly. Gamification risks atrophying that most precious capacity.”
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What Happens When a Kid’s Robot Best Friend Dies?
“AI companion toys for neurodivergent children promise connection and therapy, but can they deliver for the long haul?”
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Who Can Solve Gerhard Berger’s Quiz?
“The former Ferrari driver lent his name to the strangest F1 video game in history. Or did he?”
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You Can Never Go Home Again. But You Can Spend a Lifetime Trying
‘My father designed two of the houses I grew up in. Then he died. I’m still untangling where his taste ends and mine begins.”
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The Yarddogs of Northwest Arkansas
“What is never discussed in all of this hand-wringing is the fact that those dogs and their owners likely far predate the people riding their bikes here.”
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AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive
“Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks.”