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“With this 11-a-side tournament, these young men would be the first to carry their nation onto an international stage. It seemed fitting that it would happen here in Springdale, home to the largest population of Marshallese anywhere outside the islands.” This week at Longreads, I’ve been thinking about our sense of place. It’s something I […]

Introducing The Longreads Questionnaire, featuring Vauhini Vara.

Introducing our latest original, “The Wayfinders.”

“What is it, precisely, that you work for? What real goodness do you seek at the end of your own long line? “

Work-ethic wisdom from Fugazi and Ibram X. Kendi.

“We wait constantly, for a variety of outcomes and eventualities, some of which we can’t see coming.”

The brain is a funny thing. You give it the right cues of depth and immersion, and something that would otherwise be a memory of an image becomes a memory of an experience.

Parenting lessons at a science museum, Catholic anti-war raiders, R. O. Kwon, and our top 5 reads of the week.

In this edition: letting bodies be bodies, nobs in Nob Hill, New Mexico, Alpine divorces, an ode to an aging sled dog team, and a blockbuster story weed smuggling.

The Longreads questionnaire with Neal Allen and Anne Lamott, a book excerpt from Kory Stamper, and our Top 5 Longreads of the week.