Club Dread
A look at the feuds, money, and violence behind Ibiza, D.C.’s ill-fated and notorious megaclub.
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.
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.”
Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week, featuring CityBeat, Pacific Standard, Guernica, The New Yorker, and Jarry Mag.
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.
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.”
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.
Straight-up Passing
Restaurant kitchen culture is notoriously macho. A food writer reflects on the state of queer chefs in America.
My Brother’s Keeper
Guy-Ryan visits TROSA, a therapeutic community for addicts where her brother has admitted himself as a resident.
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.
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