“Even though my brain is confused and I’m struggling, always struggling, to see if my writing is good, I still want to write. And the writing that matters the most to me isn’t about Alzheimer’s. It’s about a cat.”
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Emergence
“If those who came before us could inhabit uninhabitable territory, making homes in a no man’s land, then we, by way and by will, can survive anything.”
Monumental Tiny News
“The triumph of Lucy Lippard’s El Puente, which is as engaged with the past of a New Mexican village as it is with daily life.”
On the Endless Symbolism of the Best Summer Movie Ever Made: Jaws
“And how it owes its dark soul to Moby-Dick.”
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer
“After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them?”
Portrait of ChatGPT as a Young Artist: Vauhini Vara on Voice, Tech, and Using AI in Writing
“Sarah Viren talks to the author of ‘Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age.’”
How the Yurok Tribe Is Bringing Back the California Condor
“The reintroduction of the long-lived, highly social birds has offered insight into the importance of parenting in the species.”
The Dead Mall Society
“Standing in the wreckage of these spaces unlocks a sensation people often crave, but can’t name.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week’s edition highlights stories by Bench Ansfield, Justin A. Davis, Wright Thompson, Lucy Jones, and April Nowell.
The Grab List: How Museums Decide What to Save in a Disaster
“Billions of dollars’ worth of art is imperilled by climate change. Curators will have to make sacrifices.”

