The Last Train Trip Before Everything Changed

On solitude, snow, and finding reasons to write.

Source: LitHub
Published: Apr 6, 2020
Length: 10 minutes (2,529 words)

Escaping Coronavirus Lockdown Through a Stranger’s Solitary Walks on YouTube

Under self-quarantine, Aaron Gilbreath ‘moves’ freely with the help of Rambalac’s video travelogues.

Source: Longreads
Published: Apr 9, 2020
Length: 24 minutes (6,184 words)

A Missionary on Trial

“Renée Bach went to Uganda to save children—but many in her care died. Was she responsible?”

Author: Ariel Levy
Source: The New Yorker
Published: Apr 6, 2020
Length: 41 minutes (10,340 words)

Why Old-Growth Trees Are Crucial to Fighting Climate Change

Science has a lot to earn about the way ecosystems hold and process the Earth’s carbon, and how efforts like reforestation can help improve those systems’ effect on climate change. Two things are clear: Virgin forests sequester a lot of carbon, and humanity can’t keep clear-cutting forests and burning fossil fuels the way we have been.

Source: Wired
Published: Apr 1, 2020
Length: 21 minutes (5,253 words)

Body of Lies

Deenie Hartzog-Mislock confronts a lifetime of body image trauma when her marriage turns south and sexless.

Source: Longreads
Published: Apr 8, 2020
Length: 13 minutes (3,341 words)

“It Was Gone Overnight”

One restaurant’s struggle to weather the pandemic.

Source: Slate
Published: Apr 5, 2020
Length: 13 minutes (3,440 words)

They Were Warriors

Thirty years ago this month, activists — many fighting for their lives — took to the streets of downtown Chicago in one of the biggest AIDS demonstrations in history. Here’s how that pivotal protest played out, in the words of those who were there.

Published: Apr 7, 2020
Length: 40 minutes (10,200 words)

The Hate Store

Amazon’s self-publishing arm is a haven for white supremacists.

Source: Pro Publica
Published: Apr 7, 2020
Length: 17 minutes (4,268 words)

Push Play

“It is now mostly unclear why I thought it was a good idea to bring Dolly Parton’s Greatest Hits to school with me.”

Published: Apr 6, 2020
Length: 7 minutes (1,969 words)

Arundhati Roy: ‘The pandemic is a portal’

“The novelist on how coronavirus threatens India — and what the country, and the world, should do next.”

Source: Financial Times
Published: Apr 3, 2020
Length: 12 minutes (3,087 words)