Six stories about bets, luck, and playing the odds.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
The best stories of the week, as chosen by the editors of Longreads.
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Longreads Best of 2016: Under-Recognized Stories
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in under-recognized stories.
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Place Your Bets: Six Stories About Gambling
Six stories about bets, luck, and playing the odds.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week, as chosen by the staff at Longreads.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Standout
Father of Migrants
“When it comes to the human body, everything can be trafficked. Migrants are a product in a system that breaks them down into lucrative parts, often until there is nothing left.”
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On Barbs and Demogorgons: A Stranger Things Reading List
After the binge-watching comes the binge-reading.
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On Barbs and Demogorgons: A Stranger Things Reading List
After the binge-watching comes the binge-reading.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Irish Women Forced to Travel for Abortions
As parts of the United States tighten their legislation against women’s reproductive rights, Northern Ireland comes to mind.
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction
Beautiful Nowheres: ‘No Man’s Sky’ and the 500th Anniversary of ‘Utopia’
Five centuries after Thomas More’s classic was first published, we still dabble in perfect-world-building.
