Radical Candor and Radical Comfort: The Road to Danish-ness By Michelle Weber Highlight A bit embarrassed, I ask to be excused, to go to the bathroom “real quick.” “You can also do it real slow!” he shouts as I walk away.
The Engineers Who Can’t Quit Voyager By Michelle Legro Commentary The nine flight-team engineers of the 1977 mission have been putting off retirement to see through one of NASA’s most successful spacecraft all the way to the end.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Libby Copeland, Patrick Blanchfield, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Cory Taylor, and Tabitha Blankenbiller.
The Other National Pastime: Unusual Baby Names By Ben Huberman Highlight “Brayden” and “Nevaeh” have got nothing on their 17th-century predecessors, “Waitstill” and “Supply.”
How to Stop Apologizing for My Stutter, and Other Important Lessons By Rachel Hoge Feature At a convention for stutterers, for the first time Rachel Hoge finds herself among many just like her.
Cory Taylor Answers Your Questions About Dying By Krista Stevens Highlight To help demystify dying, Cory Taylor answers questions about what it’s like to have a terminal illness.
Billy Bragg: Skiffle Songs Are Railroad Songs By Pam Mandel Commentary “The British kids were trying to escape the past as quickly as they could and the guitar offered them the best means to do that.”
Miles to Go Before You Sleep By Michelle Weber Highlight “When the safety crew came to retrieve him, Brandon was adamant he’d been underground for two full days. In reality, he’d only been below for twelve hours.”
‘Everyone is Guilty All the Time’ By Michelle Weber Highlight Is prosecuting crimes about justice, or conviction rates? In Shelby County, Tennessee, the answer isn’t so clear.
The Editor Who Brought Julia Child to America By Ben Huberman Highlight Judith Jones, the legendary Knopf editor, has died at the age of 93.
‘They Used Deadly Force to Subdue Her’ By Sari Botton Highlight An excerpt of “Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color,” about the violent ways police have frequently treated black women with mental illness.
Cherokee Artist Jimmie Durham: Not Cherokee By Pam Mandel Highlight The work of artist Jimmie Durham relies heavily on Native American themes. Durham is not Native American.
Diet Is a Four-Letter Word By Krista Stevens Highlight Taffy Brodesser-Akner explores America’s history of obsession with thinness and her own struggles with her body.
‘A Boy with No Backstory’: One Teenager’s Transition By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight For three years, Casey Parks chronicled the life of Jay, a transgender teenager in Washington State. This is the first installment in a three-part series for the Oregonian.
New York City’s Housing Emergency By Catherine Cusick Highlight New York City is in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.
Making Your Own Appointment to Die By Krista Stevens Highlight When someone you love has a fatal disease and chooses to die on their own terms, how do you cope?
Femme (Fashion) Fatalities By Michelle Weber Highlight “We fought for years so you didn’t have to dress like that.”
Avast, Ye Mateys: There’s Insurance Fraud Ahead By Michelle Weber Highlight Was the Brillante Virtuoso attacked by pirates, or was it an inside job?
Why Fiction Haunts Us: Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen on His Ghosts By Krista Stevens Highlight Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen talks about how ghosts and authors of fiction share a similar role in today’s culture.
The Gossip Columnist Who Became the News By Michelle Legro Commentary Liz Smith looks back at her role in the Trump divorce.
The Boy With the Coin-Filled Cellophane Cigarette Wrapper, and Me By Amber Leventry Feature Meeting an apparently less fortunate child in her daughter’s kindergarten class transports Amber Leventry back to her own painful youth.
The Great Alt-Right Pile-On of Tommy Curry By Michelle Weber Highlight “The goal, however, was the same as ever: fear. And it worked.”
Yearning for My Emo Days in Nostalgia-Inducing Asbury Park By mabel Feature Mabel Rosenheck looks back at a group of friends, and a music festival on the Jersey Shore, that came along when she needed them most.
To Be an Instagram-Ready Restaurant, Don’t Forget Your Selfie-Optimized Lamps By Ben Huberman Highlight Sleek-kitschy idiosyncrasy is all the rage.
Square Dancing At Nudist Summer Camp: Do-Si-D’Oh My! By Krista Stevens Highlight “It is easy to learn quickly when the risk of failure is grabbing a stranger’s penis.”
How Patagonia Continues to Operate As a Model of Responsible Capitalism By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight With America’s public lands and the world’s climate under attack, the outdoor industry needs leaders more than ever and Patagonia is out in front.
Have Gin, Will Travel By Krista Stevens Highlight Alexander Chee got sick the first time he drank gin. We’re glad he persevered.
‘Oakland Used to Be More Funky’: Where Have All the Artists Gone? By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight The staff at Laney Tower take a close look at the past, present, and future of Oakland’s artistic community.
Processing Clues About a Friend’s True Identity to Make Sense of Her Murder By Sari Botton Highlight In an excerpt from her memoir, Carolyn Murnick tries to piece together the stabbing murder of her childhood friend.
Helping My Son Choose Between the Cub Scouts and His Beliefs about God By Kate Abbott Feature Kate Abbott thought the Cub Scouts would be a great place for her son to make friends. Then they came across the ‘Duty to God’ requirements.
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