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The best stories of the week, as chosen by the editors of Longreads.
Our favorite stories of the week as chosen by the Longreads editorial team.
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in business, tech, and science writing.
All through December, we’ll be featuring Longreads’ Best of 2016. To get you ready, here’s a list of every story that was chosen as No. 1 in our weekly Top 5 email.
Here’s every story that was chosen as No. 1 in our weekly Top 5 email.
Privately made records enjoy a cult following among collectors, but few are as legendary as Donnie and Joe Emerson’s 1979 LP Dreamin’ Wild.
Henry Leutwyler on portraiture and the magic of inanimate objects.
Did Dana Schutz’s painting engage with her subject, Emmett Till, ethically and responsibly?
On midwives, metaphysics, and intensely natural births.
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