“So yes, I admit it. I subscribed to Disney+ on the pretext of occupying my kids, but of course – of course – I actually bought it for myself.”
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The Nontrivial Pursuit of Quiz Glory
Even in the age of the search engine, the pleasure of knowing the right answer endures.
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Closure in Service of Grief: the Septuagenarian Couple Who Locate Bodies Under Water
“What Gene and Sandy offer is not the hope of rescue, but the solace of finality. They have spent years crisscrossing North America in the service of grief.”
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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.
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The Sounds of Silence: A Reading List About Listening to Nature
Kindling a new awareness of the outdoors wasn’t something the author predicted, but it brought a host of realizations — including the discovery of these five thoughtful longreads.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Mitchell S. Jackson, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Melissa Fay Greene, Luke Harding, and Irina Dumitrescu.
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Happy Birthday Tom: A Tom Cruise Reading List
Tom Cruise is about to turn 60 — time for a look back at the life of a master maverick.
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William Gibson on How Science Fiction Portrays Reality
“Every fiction about the future is like an ice-cream cone,” Gibson says, “melting as it moves into the future.”
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The Poetry We Need and the Chitchat We Don’t
What we all need to hear right now, with special guest Marisa Siegel, Editor in Chief of The Rumpus.
