“Everyone is dancing a little bit, bobbing, but really they are having an extended, possibly endless, interior experience.”
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David Lynch Was Here
A dispatch from the real Twin Peaks, where fans of the director flocked after his death.
The Work of the Witness
“Three months into a livestreamed genocide, we must ask—what does all this looking do?”
Letter from Manhattan 2
On trying to be a “world citizen”—and how expat life rarely delivers on its promises.
The Bitter Taste of ‘Not Too Sweet’
“Asian Americans have claimed the phrase ‘not too sweet’ as a defiant shorthand and a cheeky rallying cry. But is that maxim really true?”
The Nurse Who Names the Dead
Inside a Texas nurse’s quest to document the life and death of every woman killed by a man in America.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending stories from Mariana Serapicos, Camille Bromley, Devon Fredericksen, Georgia Brown, and Sarah Golibart Gorman.
AI Is a Lot of Work
“When AI comes for your job, you may not lose it, but it might become more alien, more isolating, more tedious.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending stories from Ivy Knight; David Enrich, Matthew Goldstein, and Jessica Silver-Greenberg; Eva Holland; John DeVore; and Nathaniel Rich.

