“Iranian protesters on what brings them back to the streets four weeks in.”
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The Fight of My Life
“When my wife and daughter were killed in Iran’s downing of Flight PS752, my life was thrown into total darkness.”
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600? Is That Even Possible?
We like to think Longreads furnishes more than simply emergency reading, and that’s certainly true this week.
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Ride Sounds
“Going deaf changed my relationship with cycling, even after I regained my hearing.”
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Sandlot Baseball as Social Glue (and More Top 5 Reads)
Finding community in sandlot ball (and our Top 5).
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The Curious Path to Psychedelic Toads
Introducing an excerpt from “The Ego Trip.”
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What Are Memories, Anyway?
The brain is a funny thing. You give it the right cues of depth and immersion, and something that would otherwise be a memory of an image becomes a memory of an experience.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: Lost soul, copy that, missing beats, muzzled watchdogs, and a ramblin’ man.
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The Food of America and Our Top 5
As Thanksgiving and gluttony approach, I’ve been thinking about what foods represent America and how eating can shape a sense of identity—a theme past Longreads writers have been drawn to.
