Jenny Diski died this morning at the age of 68. Here are nine stories celebrating Diski and her work.
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We Keep Testing, and Nothing Changes
It is worth noting that American students have never received high scores on international tests. On the first such test, a test of mathematics in 1964, senior year students in the US scored last of twelve nations, and eighth-grade students scored next to last. But in the following fifty years, the US outperformed the other […]
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Celebrating Pride: The Work We Have To Do
There is much to do. But we are alive. We get to do the work.
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The House Where You Live Forever
The reversible destiny of Madeline Gins.
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Longreads Best of 2015: Essays & Criticism
Story picks by Leslie Jamison, Jia Tolentino, Roxane Gay, Tom Scocca, Ann Friedman, Rachel Syme, Francesca Mari, Sari Botton, and Emily Perper.
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Celebrating Pride: The Work We Have To Do
There is much to do. But we are alive. We get to do the work.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction
Postwar New York: The Supreme Metropolis of the Present
Forty labor strikes on one day, French existentialists on the loose, and a 50-foot G.I. blowing enormous puffs of REAL smoke.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week.
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Mark Haddon: ‘Ultimately, There Is No Narrative Without Death’
An conversation with the author about his dark new short story collection, The Pier Falls.
