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“In a time of strained capacity, the ‘hospital at home’ movement is figuring out how to create an inpatient level of care anywhere.”
Writing is always going to be hard and why it’s worth the struggle.
In this essay, co-published with Cake Zine, Adam Dalva writes about Ozempic, his fixation with watching food influencers eat, and a visit to a steakhouse.
“Thousands of Spanish children were taken from hospitals and sold to wealthy Catholic families. This is Ana Belén Pintado’s story.”
“Off the California seaboard, ocean and sky create a phenomenon that has long defined life along the coast.”
Introducing The Longreads Questionnaire, featuring Vauhini Vara.
The New Yorker staff writer and author of the new book London Falling on running, writing in the morning, a life-changing childhood trip, and more.
“Every year along the Texas border, high school teams battle it out in one of the nation’s most intense championship rivalries. But they’re not playing football.”
On why we might want to embrace friction and our recent editor’s picks.
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