This month’s books newsletter has a lot to say about identities — mistaken, misunderstood, transformed, false, false, fictional, or as anonymous as the op-ed.
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Posted inArts & Culture, Story, Uncategorized
The Ghosts of the Tsunami
The 2011 earthquake and tsunami killed thousands in Japan. Those left behind were haunted by the dead, and some were possessed by them.
Posted inNonfiction
On Identity, Miyazaki, and Japanese Bathhouses
On belonging — and not belonging — in two worlds at once.
Posted inNonfiction
‘Midwesterners Have Seen Themselves As Being in the Center of Everything.’
In “The Heartland,” Kristin L. Hoganson says America’s Midwest has been more connected to global events than popular history allows — especially popular history as told in the Midwest.
Posted inEditor's Pick
What Miyazaki’s Heroines Taught Me About My Mixed-Race Identity
On the wonder and strangeness of occupying a perpetually in-between space.
Posted inQuotes, Science & Nature
The Dream of a Perfect Android
Hiroshi Ishiguro has spent his career creating robots. But does he know enough about humans to make them lifelike?
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2018: Crime Reporting
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in crime reporting.
Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature
Will Big Pharma Help Save Some of the Oldest Marine Life on Earth?
To save threatened shorebirds, one pharmaceutical biologist had to figure out how to save the crabs they depend on.
Posted inCulture, Food, Nonfiction, Quotes
A Pilgrimage to MSG Mecca
A fan of MSG visits the world’s largest producer of this contentious flavor-enhancing agent.
Posted inReading List, Unapologetic Women
Labor Pains: A Reading List
No one ever said expelling a tiny human our of your body would be easy — or if they did, they shouldn’t have.
