“John Scanlan looks for the future in the dustbins of history.”
Cheri Lucas Rowlands
Cheri has been an editor at Longreads since 2014.
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Pity the Barefoot Pigeon
“Bumblefoot, string-foot, and falcons are just a few of the hazards that New York’s birds have to brave.”
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Our Narrative Prison
“The three-act ‘hero’s journey’ has long been the most prominent kind of story. What other tales are there to tell?”
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Maximalisma
“A professor endeavors to separate treasure from trash—before her children have to do it for her.”
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Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
“ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.”
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Death, Divorce, and the Magic of Kitchen Objects: How to Find Hope in Loss
“As they pass through different hands, cooking utensils can magically connect us to loved ones who are no longer with us.”
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Gone in Seven Seconds
“Racing pigeons hightail it home in competitions across the state.”
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Picture This: A Tectonic Revolution
“With one map, Marie Tharp revealed the raw, rifted depths of the Atlantic—and changed what we thought we knew about the Earth.”