Every piece we selected as our top story of the week in 2023, all in one place.
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Present Tense: The Long Shadow of an Eating Disorder
Eating disorders never truly go away. They just go quiet. For a while.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Texas Border Is the New Frontier of Film
“After years of having their stories told by outsiders, locals are fighting back with their own cameras and building much-needed infrastructure. But they need more support.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
What Happened to Ice Cube?
“He once meant everything to Black kids like me. His descent in the Trump years is a grim reminder of what we’ve lost.”
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Now Here We Go Again, We See the Crystal Visions
“With the help of Fleetwood Mac, the mailman, and 68 high school students, the author of Heavy finds hope for the future.”
Posted inStory
Ten Outstanding Stories to Read in 2023
Ten hand-picked short stories to kick off your year in reading.
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The Depths to Which We Go
Making sense of absence in the ever-dissolving karst of Missouri.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Alec MacGillis, Karen Hao, Rebecca Solnit, Mary H.K. Choi, and Andrew Buss.
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The Sabbath Stew
What started as a loophole has remained one of Judaism’s most evocative, redolent foods.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Jackpot Generation
“Canada is in the midst of the greatest wealth transfer of all time, as some $1 trillion passes from boomers to their millennial kids. How an inheritance-based economy will transform the country.”
