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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week we’re sharing stories by Evan Osnos, Ashley C. Ford, Michael Grabell, Chris Heath, and Becca Andrews.
“Modern Life Is Not Violent Enough,” Said Nobody — But They Thought It
This excerpt from Chuck Klosterman’s book “But What If We’re Wrong?” is nominally about football, and violence, but is also a prescient analysis of U.S. politics.
Longreads Best of 2017: All of Our No. 1 Story Picks
Here’s every story that was chosen as No. 1 in our weekly Top 5 email.
How to Write a Memoir While Grieving
Nicole Chung contemplates loss, adoption, and working on a book her late father won’t get to see.
How to Write a Memoir While Grieving
Nicole Chung contemplates loss, adoption, and working on a book her late father won’t get to see.
Roger Federer is Brilliant, But Don’t Ever Forget About Serena Williams
It’s always polarizing when you’re trying to designate a single athlete as the “Greatest of All Time.”
Unknowable Dads: A Father’s Day Reading List
For retailers, fathers have simple needs: books, steaks, gadgets. But the dads most of us grew up with, and without, are a more inscrutable lot.
Stan Smith, the Tennis Shoe, Has Become Bigger Than the Man Himself
Stan Smith knows you think he’s a shoe and not a former no. 1 ranked tennis player.
Dwayne Johnson Is Everything Our President Isn’t
He works out twice a day, he remembers everyone he meets, he hopes you’re sleeping soundly and doing great!

