This week, we’re sharing stories from Finlay Young, Katie Prout, Molly Crabapple, Sean Flynn, and Harley Rustad.
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Final Girl, Terrible Place
I was expecting a handy theory. What I found was a way of seeing that would help me decode a script I’d been stuck in for much of my life.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Ijeoma Oluo, Patricia Lockwood, Michael Shaw, Mairead Small Staid, and Adriana Gallardo.
Posted inEditor's Pick
My Great Grandfather the Bundist
Writer and artist Molly Crabapple tells the story of her late great grandfather, self-taught artist Sam Rothbort, and of the Bund, the revolutionary anti-Zionist Jewish political party he joined in Vilna in 1898.
Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
Rush Drummer Neil Peart: Master Student
Neil Peart “was brilliant enough to skip two grades, starting high school at 12. He began drum lessons, practicing for a full year without an actual kit.”
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Defined by Want
Three meals a day don’t erase the scars of a childhood marked by hunger, violence, and loneliness.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Highlight, Quotes, Technology
You Are What Your Fingerprint Says You Are
As passports give way to fingerprinting and retinal scans, our bodies themselves become tools to limit our free movement.
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I Will Always Love You: A Dolly Parton Reading List
Happy birthday, Dolly Parton! Here are seven longreads about the American singer-songwriter.
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House of the Century
Daisy Alioto reconsiders the nature of architecture while researching window alarms.
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Longreads Best of 2019: All of Our No. 1 Story Picks
Our top picks of the year, all in one place.
