“To let yourself be transformed by what the other person has to say.”
Krista Stevens
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Heavy Metal is Healing Teens on the Blackfeet Nation
“In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.”
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Death by Duxelles
“This was a story of culinary disguise, of meat concealed in dough and murder masquerading as lunch.”
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When the Bears Come Back
“A brutal bear attack in rural Virginia raises a difficult question: what does it mean to welcome wildness back?”
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A Circling Story
“How can noticing seasonal changes be a radical act in a culture fixated with endless growth?”
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Here’s to What’s Real and True: Support Writing that Matters
“It’s becoming rarer to get to work on writing that’s real and true, a story idea conceived by a human brain and reported by a human heart, a piece of writing that helps us understand others, and ourselves, a little better.” While I’ve followed Longreads since it started as a hashtag in 2009, I’m proud […]
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Why AI Breaks Bad
“Once in a while, LLMs turn evil—and no one quite knows why.”
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The Kid Is All Right: In Defense of Picky Eating
“On learning to accept your child’s discriminating tastes, even when it hurts.”
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One Step Removed from Ash
“I am still afraid of forgetting. There is much I have already forgotten.”