At Granta, Amy Key recounts intentionally avoiding romantic love, thinking it the best way to avoid getting hurt. She concludes that depriving herself of intimate relationships has caused its own form of harm. Absence of romantic love in my life has created its own awkward space in me. Like a corner of a room you […]
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week’s list features stories from Melissa del Bosque, Jeff Maysh, Nathan Munn, Katherine Rundell, and Tom Lamont.
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The Perils of Television and Five Brilliant Reads
“This is what interests me about SNL. For almost its entire existence, its workers have been very clear about its costs. From interns to stars, they’ve described the show as an intensely discriminatory workplace run by a cold, manipulative boss. As they’ve told us this, SNL has grown into one of the most important institutions in American culture. ” […]
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When Death Came to Mauritius
“Black waves bring animals to the town’s shore. Sticky corpses float on the oil.”
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Nature Isn’t Called ‘the Wild’ for Nothing: A Queer Ecology Reading List
Six stories to change the way you think about nature.
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‘Everyone Benefits from a Frozen Arctic’
“The world should not, cannot, go back to business as usual without a clearer understanding and consciousness of how we live.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Ben Mauk and Matt Huynh, Katie Engelhart, Devon O’Neil, Ariel Saramandi, and Tananarive Due.
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Longreads Best of 2020: Profiles
Here’s a selection of profiles that resonated with us this year.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Teju Cole, Barton Gellman, Dexter Filkins, Rebecca May Johnson, and Navneet Alang.
