“We basically have people from two worlds, neither of which has ever talked to each other.” At Starsky Robotics, a driverless trucking startup in San Francisco, truck drivers and software engineers work side by side.
Cheri Lucas Rowlands
Cheri has been an editor at Longreads since 2014.
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Showtime at the Alamo
Tim League, the creator of the Alamo Drafthouse chain of cinemas, strives to make moviegoing great again.
Posted inQuote Posts, Quotes, Sports
The Resilience of a Middle Distance Runner
Gabriele Grunewald’s rare cancer has returned, but the athlete keeps fighting.
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Athlete gets cancer. Athlete fights cancer. Repeat, again and again…
“I have learned that the human mind and body are truly resilient.” This is the story of American professional middle-distance runner Gabriele Grunewald, who has battled a rare cancer again and again and again.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
While They Were Creating the Album, the Beastie Boys Were Also Creating Themselves
A look at how the Beastie Boys invented themselves with their 1992 album Check Your Head.
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A New Day Dawning: How ‘Check Your Head’ Invented the Beastie Boys
“While they were creating the album, the Beastie Boys were also creating themselves.” After Paul’s Boutique was released and viewed as a failure, the Beastie Boys had total freedom to work on their next album. The result—1992’s Check Your Head—presented their most ambitious vision yet, and allowed the trio to finally come into their own.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Quote Posts, Quotes
Once You Reach the Top of Mt. Everest, There’s Nowhere to Go But Down
Climber and explorer Cory Richards shares his challenges with PTSD, alcoholism, and infidelity.
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
‘They Would Try to Love Whoever Killed Her, and Forgive.’
In 1985, a girl was abducted and left to die in Winnipeg’s severe cold. While her parents, Cliff and Wilma Derksen, did not yet know the killer’s identity, they made a decision to forgive.
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His Heart, Her Hands: A Pianist Helps a Musician with Fading Memory to Save the Songs in His Head
Steve Goodwin was a talented musician, but he never recorded or wrote anything down. As his memory began to fade, his family found a professional pianist to help save the music in his head.
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His Heart, Her Hands: A Pianist Helps a Musician with Fading Memory to Save the Songs in His Head
Steve Goodwin was a talented musician, but he never recorded or wrote anything down. As his memory began to fade, his family found a professional pianist to help save the music in his head.