From Russia, With Malice By Krista Stevens Highlight “But there is another reason for the government’s alarmingly inadequate response: a president who sees attempts to counter the Russia threat as a personal affront.”
What Do We Do Without Live Music? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Those of us who live for musical performances must find other ways to temporarily live without them.
RIP Little Richard, the ‘Self-Proclaimed King and Queen of Rock & Roll’ By Krista Stevens Highlight There are miracles everywhere if you know where to look. And know how to listen: A wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-lop-bam-boom!
How China Censored Citizens and the Press on COVID-19 By Krista Stevens Highlight China maintains its swift, open response to coronavirus bought time for the world. Journalists, had their stories not been deleted, will tell you otherwise.
The Function and Language of Ancient Sexual Texts By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A fascinating look at so-called obscenity, then and now.
‘Hand to hand to hand’: How Coronavirus Spread Aboard the Diamond Princess By Krista Stevens Highlight “…the ship…provided the world’s best data set on the virus, confirming crucial facts about how the disease spread, especially through asymptomatic carriers.”
Scrap the To Do Lists By Carolyn Wells Highlight “If we’re lucky enough to be able to shelter in place and we’re not using that time to launch podcasts and personal projects and life-hack our way to some cargo-cult pastiche of normality, are we somehow letting the side down?”
Where ‘Strangers Whisper Secrets in Your Ear’ By Krista Stevens Highlight “Is there anyone who doesn’t sometimes imagine an audience for even the most unremarkable moments of her life?”
Collecting Rare Sneakers from Japan By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Japan began producing limited edition sneakers in the 1990s. Now a new global wave of sneaker enthusiasts have begun seeking its rarities.
“Different Days” for Jason Isbell By Krista Stevens Highlight “I’m grateful that I was a drunk. I’m grateful that I know what all those things are like, what those feelings are like, how bad it can hurt, how great it can feel.”
The Shopper’s Dream of an Optimized Life By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The subscription-based business model saves customers time, but it doesn’t help you use that extra time for anything beneficial. In a way you’ll feel good about.
The Streaming Service of the Moment By Carolyn Wells Highlight “So yes, I admit it. I subscribed to Disney+ on the pretext of occupying my kids, but of course – of course – I actually bought it for myself.”
How Margaret Atwood is Passing Time During the Pandemic By Krista Stevens Highlight “I present some of my more bizarre self-isolation activities. You can do some of them at home. Though perhaps you won’t wish to.”
How A Nonagenarian Insists We Can Avoid The Age of Loneliness By Krista Stevens Highlight “He frames what we don’t know about our planet and what lives on it as a thrilling mystery, an opportunity to learn rather than a problem too daunting or, worse, too late to confront.”
9,000 Seconds, With Only 47 to Spare By Krista Stevens Highlight “As he would later tell me, running was the rare sport where you mostly competed against yourself. You could learn without having to lose.”
“All The Best”: Rest Easy, John Prine By Krista Stevens Highlight I wish you love / And happiness / I guess I wish you / All the best
Let’s Not Talk About Estrangement By Krista Stevens Highlight “I’ve always had the sense that my mother’s side of the family is, in fact, diminished by my uncle’s absence. Or at least diminished in their quiet response to it.”
Genius, Interrupted By Krista Stevens Highlight “As the pathological process advanced, it was carving a different person out of Lee’s raw substance.”
Photographing the Collective Experience of Self-Isolation By Krista Stevens Highlight “The photographer hopes his brief visits…can help break the oppressive monotony of a seemingly endless day, stretching on without distractions from the outside world.”
On Dolly Parton and Being Seen By Krista Stevens Highlight “Perhaps I’m taking this too personally, but the idea of being inexplicably drawn to a phenomenon that is ultimately destructive is, well, heartbreaking and uncomfortably relatable.”
Arundhati Roy: 1.3 Billion on Lockdown on Four Hours’ Notice By Krista Stevens Highlight “Whatever it is, coronavirus has made the mighty kneel and brought the world to a halt like nothing else could.”
Greta Thunberg: “We Just Have to Care About Each Other More” By Krista Stevens Highlight “It has become a disconcerting pattern for Thunberg appearances: Greta tells the adults they are fools and their plans are lame and shortsighted. They still give her a standing ovation.”
“The Beauty of the Moments that Pass Each Day” By Krista Stevens Highlight “Building a relationship is important, because it makes the pictures secondary.”
“Leave Us to Our Peace”: A Pact Made in Love By Krista Stevens Highlight “The way we die is changing. So, too, is the way we think about dying — and about the opportunity, even the right, to die at a time and place of our choosing.”
Can Sinéad O’Connor Find Peace? By Krista Stevens Highlight “She can be shy and insecure. And yet she didn’t hesitate to stare down the cameras on American television to call out one of the most powerful men in the world.”
Finding Signs of Hope in Surprise Sugar Maples By Susan Krawitz Feature In the midst of a pandemic, nature reminds Susan Krawitz that miracles are possible.
‘This Thing Grinds You Like a Mortar’: How Jessica Lustig is Fighting Coronavirus By Krista Stevens Highlight ‘“You shouldn’t stay here,” he says, but he gets more frightened as night comes, dreading the long hours of fever and soaking sweats and shivering and terrible aches.’
Will the Real Dwight Yoakam Please Speak Up By Krista Stevens Highlight “Whether this (continuous deflection) is intentional or not, it’s a good way of avoiding giving too much away.”
COVID-19: Dispatches from Sing Sing By Krista Stevens Highlight “Sing Sing was going into quarantine. Our movement was limited. No gym. Hospital and commissary runs limited to groups of ten. Staggered seating in the mess hall.”
What Does a Post-Apocalyptic Gated Community Look Like? By Ben Huberman Highlight For wealthy Americans, a dystopian future includes underground golfing in South Dakota.
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