“E-bikes and e-scooters are remaking the rules of the road. Canada’s cities aren’t ready.”
Cheri Lucas Rowlands
Cheri has been an editor at Longreads since 2014.
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Limiting Not Just Screen Time, But Screen Space
“The internet has stopped being a place we visit—it’s now an environment we inhabit.”
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What Happens When You Don’t Die on Time?
“Hélène Campbell was supposed to be long dead by now. She emptied her bucket list, bank account—and, at 34, is left to wonder: ‘What next?’ And she’s not alone.”
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The California Novel No One Can Find
“Collectors have been tracking an 1854 outlaw tale from gold rush San Francisco to the alleys of Mexico City—and beyond. We join the hunt.”
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Reversing Extinction
“Technologies of preserving and reviving organisms are already redefining the meaning of life, death, and extinction itself.”
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Masking My Autism Made Me Sick
“The rules dictated that I hide not only my sensitivity but my essential being in the world.”
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In Search of Banksy
“The British street artist’s identity has been debated, and closely guarded, for decades. A quest to solve the riddle took Reuters from a bombed-out Ukrainian village to London and downtown Manhattan—and uncovered much more than a name.”
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Jeff Mills Loves to Forget
“How techno’s most vaunted architect is still building sonic futures.”