Club Dread

A look at the feuds, money, and violence behind Ibiza, D.C.’s ill-fated and notorious megaclub.

Published: Aug 31, 2015
Length: 19 minutes (4,884 words)

Deaf Culture and Sign Language: A Reading List

The following four stories demonstrate this vibrancy and history–the enduring presence of Deaf culture and its advocates.

Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 7, 2015

Franklin, Reconsidered: An Essay by Jill Lepore

Jill Lepore revisits the legacy of Benjamin Franklin, who in his time was “the most accomplished and famous American who had ever lived.”

Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 7, 2015
Length: 19 minutes (4,968 words)

Top 5 Longreads of the Week

Our favorite stories of the week, featuring CityBeat, Pacific Standard, Guernica, The New Yorker, and Jarry Mag.

Author: Editors
Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 4, 2015

History Is Who You’ve Lost

As an adult, Gabis discovers that her grandfather had been the chief of security police under the Gestapo in Lithuania and sets out to learn the truth about what he had done.

Author: Rita Gabis
Published: Sep 1, 2015
Length: 21 minutes (5,271 words)

Urge

Oliver Sacks’s last essay for the New York Review of Books, which looks at a man with Klüver-Bucy syndrome, “which manifests itself as insatiable eating and sexual drive, sometimes combined with irritability and distractibility, all on a purely physiological basis.”

Published: Sep 2, 2015
Length: 6 minutes (1,500 words)

Digging the LowLine

A consideration of The LowLine, which hopes to become the “world’s first underground park” located in New York City’s Lower East Side. The concept appeared promising when first introduced, but commercial interests may turn it into just another event space.

Source: The Awl
Published: Sep 4, 2015
Length: 21 minutes (5,499 words)

Straight-up Passing

Restaurant kitchen culture is notoriously macho. A food writer reflects on the state of queer chefs in America.

Source: Jarry Mag
Published: Sep 3, 2015
Length: 13 minutes (3,416 words)

My Brother’s Keeper

Guy-Ryan visits TROSA, a therapeutic community for addicts where her brother has admitted himself as a resident.

Source: The Verge
Published: Sep 2, 2015
Length: 15 minutes (3,773 words)

Light at the End of the Scalpel

Visually distinguishing cancer from non-cancer can be the most difficult part of brain surgery. Alex O’Brien writes about how scorpions, Amazon.com and the legacy of a dying girl are helping provide new tools.

Source: Mosaic Science
Published: Sep 1, 2015
Length: 15 minutes (3,827 words)