“Sometimes you encounter a song that will not fade away, though you never hear it again.”
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Finding Jordan Neely
“He had places he belonged and people looking out for him. How did he end up dying, alone, at the hands of a stranger?”
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A Day in the Life of an Oak Tree, from Mistle Thrush in the Morning to Mice at Midnight
“The pollen of the catkins is sweet on the proboscis of the oak-mining bee, too.”
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How Do You Make a Movie About the Holocaust?
“With ‘The Zone of Interest,’ Jonathan Glazer is just the latest director to confront the problem.”
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The Heart of a Hunter and the Week’s Top 5
“Most of the time, I’m not as awake as I once was; danger, and hunger, no longer demand it. I’m grateful to feel safe, to have secure access to good food, and yet I also occasionally wonder: where has the hunter gone?” Happy Friday! We’ve got a compelling, thought-provoking feature for you this week. In […]
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We Volunteered at a Gaza Hospital. What We Saw Was Unspeakable.
“American surgeons who witnessed the civilian carnage of the Israel-Hamas war.”
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My Impossible Mission to Find Tom Cruise
“The action star has gone to great lengths to avoid the press for more than a decade. But maybe our writer could track him down anyway?”
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Trump’s Killing Spree: The Inside Story of His Race to Execute Every Prisoner He Could
“Before 2020, there had been three federal executions in 60 years. Then Trump put 13 people to death in six months.”
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Rabbit Holes Aplenty and the Week’s Top 5
“What could have fizzled out as a weekend infatuation turned into a full-blown obsession, an online epic quest. After the festival, I decided that a dulcimer was something I really needed, but I never just need things; I also crave learning about them deeply from the people who already know.” Who among us has never fallen into […]
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: Eschatolgy, Texas style; dancing like nobody’s watching; the men, they myths, the legends; monumental responses; and notes fit for a King.
