Here are four pieces exploring different approaches to space and home—from living on wheels to escaping the grid.
Cheri Lucas Rowlands
Cheri has been an editor at Longreads since 2014. She's currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Tiny Houses, RVs, and Other Places We Call Home: A Reading List
Here are four pieces exploring different approaches to space and home—from living on wheels to escaping the grid.
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Interview: Vela Magazine Founder Sarah Menkedick on Women Writers and Sustainable Publishing
Cheri Lucas Rowlands | Longreads | Oct. 2 2014 | 10 minutes (2,399 words) Three years ago, Sarah Menkedick launched Vela Magazine in response to the byline gender gap in the publishing industry, and to create a space that highlights excellent nonfiction written by women. Last week, Menkedick and her team of editors launched a Kickstarter campaign to grow Vela […]
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On Going Back Home: A Reading List
We are expats and nomads. We are products of multiple countries. We run away from places that don’t feel quite right, only to never find where we belong. These stories celebrate the journey of returning to (or discovering) our roots, and the elusive, ever-evolving concept of home.
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'He Opened My Eyes to the Idea that Running Is Humankind's First Fine Art'
In 2006, Christopher McDougall set off on an adventure in search of the Tarahumara Indians, a reclusive running tribe in the Copper Canyons of Mexico. On that journey, later to be chronicled in McDougall’s book, Born to Run (and also later documented in a 2012 New York Times story by Barry Bearak), McDougall befriended the […]
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Unlocking the Secrets of Egypt with Tutankhamun's DNA
THE TOMB IS DRY AND HOT. Opposite looms the gowned shape of Hawass, who is scrutinizing Gad’s every move; squeezed into the corner is Discovery’s film crew. Gad tries to hide his nerves. He knows that the others doubt his ability, and for good reason: he has little practice working with mummies. Back in his Cairo […]