Give me a Bolaño novel that starts with a guy walking into a bar, and then another guy starts telling him a story, and the rest of that novel is just the second guy telling that story.
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Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, History, Science & Nature, Story
The Weather and the Wall
Climate change and the border wall are more connected than you might think.
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I Rode an E-Scooter as Far From Civilization as Its Batteries Could Take Me
These contentious new rentals are both problematic additions to city life and promising alternatives to cars and public transit. One Bay Area resident wanted to see if they could help him escape the city into nature, and to explore the limits of the rental scooters’ abilities.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Brent Cunningham, CJ Hauser, Carla Bruce-Eddings, Caroline Rothstein, and Lisa Grossman.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Russell Shorto, Casey Newton, T Kira Madden, Molly Jong Fast, and Jenny Price.
Posted inEditor's Pick
A Journey Into the Radical Art of Brain Injury Survivors
Every week, survivors of brain injuries come to the art studio at Headway East London to draw, sculpt, paint, and create the people they want to be now. Their experiences offer insight into the very nature of creativity.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
Our Understanding of Sun Exposure and Health Keeps Evolving
Who would have thought scientists would ever compare wearing sunscreen to smoking cigarettes? At Outside magazine, Rowan Jacobsen explores.
Posted inNonfiction
The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Lockets
Lockets simultaneously display and hide. But does squirreling our love and grief away in a piece of jewelry keep the memories and emotions present for us, or minimize them?
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story
A Song for the River
In the mountains of southwestern New Mexico, a seasoned fire lookout watches as his beloved forest and his personal life burn, and he tries to imagine what will arise from their ashes.
Posted inBooks, Fiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
‘I Want Every Sentence To Be Doing Work’: An Interview with Miranda Popkey
“Something I did learn writing this book is that being impressed by something doesn’t mean you should try and do it.”
