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Searching for Insights from Her Father’s Delusions
When a journalist tries to understand her father’s claims of CIA surveillance, she learns to see her digital world in a very different light.
The State of Waiting
Separated by war, boundaries, and immigration policies they cannot control, one young Yemeni couple refuses to give up on love.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s Lost Album, Human Highway
How CSNY fumbled a chance to record their best album.
This Week in Books: (Terrified, aside to Cassilda.) No mask? No mask!
“Oh, all the one-way tickets! / I haven’t found anything / more sorrowful than you / in the pockets of the world.”
Violence Girl
How a young bilingual Latina became one of punk’s enduring icons and helped create a new musical universe.
I Want to Say One Word to You. Just One Word.
“Plastics.”
Why Karen Carpenter Matters
For one brown, queer Filipino-American, Karen Carpenters’ music anchored her to her musical family’s past while helping chart her path in their adopted Southern California.
Longreads Best of 2020: Business Writing
Our top story picks in business writing this year.
Longreads Best of 2020: Profiles
Here’s a selection of profiles that resonated with us this year.
