“An analysis of 200,000 similes from popular fiction.”
Cheri Lucas Rowlands
Cheri has been an editor at Longreads since 2014.
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Inside the Shaolin Monastery that Helped Build Victor Wembanyama
“This is the story of how 34 generations of Shaolin warrior history trained a once-in-a-generation NBA superstar.”
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Traversing the Mahjong Multiverse
“As mahjong grows in popularity, can the diverging fanbases come together?”
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Roadside Attraction
“The desert has a changeling effect, transforming lights into magic, desert into space, visitors into lovers, me into something apart from what I actually am.”
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I Spent Months with an AI Companion. It Was Worse than Being Alone
“I hated the mindless reassurance and generic empathy.”
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Meet the Sad Wives of AI
“Are you married to a man who’s obsessed with AI? I’m so, so sorry.”
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Reality Check
“AI-generated images have left us questioning what is real. But the godfather of digital forensics, Hany Farid, is not giving up.”
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The Clippening
“‘Clippers’ cut up podcasts, videos, and events into infinite shorter versions. How long can they ride the algorithms?”
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The Desert Safety Net
“Every winter, tens of thousands of Americans migrate to public lands in the Arizona desert. For a growing number, it’s not a vacation—it’s the only housing they can afford.”
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The Hiding Man of Griffith Park
“A guerrilla artist has made the Eastside his canvas. His medium: Strange signs.”