Eight thoughtful reading recommendations for those who’ve lost their moms.
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Her Greatest Hits
“Maybe it’s only when you don’t know what you are listening for that you find what you were waiting all along to discover.”
Posted inReading List
Into the Abyss: An Extreme Sports Reading List
Why some athletes seek the very limits of human capacity — even in the face of unimaginable risk.
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The Greatest Hospitality Story Ever
While my uncle was dying from a rare cancer, he found solace in a hotel whose staff became a surrogate family.
Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Jane Mayer, Priscilla Long, Claire L. Evans, David Alm, and Sophie Haigney.
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Who’s Afraid of Lorne Michaels?
Very rarely can we see an entire system reflected in one person. The creator and executive producer of “Saturday Night Live” is such a person.
Posted inStory
The Cabin on the Mountain
“Sometimes, the mechanism of the answer is something ludicrously complex, a thing that must be pieced out bit by bit. Other times, the solution requires retooling your perspective.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Stranger Than Fiction
“How an aspiring poet in Brooklyn became a tool in a right-wing propaganda blitz linked to Falun Gong.”
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Age, Sex, Location
Chatrooms taught me everything I needed to know about what real people were like before I had to grow up and become one of them.
