This week, we’re sharing stories from Alexander Sammon, Amanda Chicago Lewis, Hannah Smothers, Adam Fales, and Matt Dinan.
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Stumbling Can Be Lovely
On the many ways we fall—and the beauty of getting back up.
Sniffing Out Love
“Instead of swiping, the strategy is wiping: namely, one’s perspiration onto a cotton pad.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Elizabeth Van Brocklin, Brian Merchant, Christine Fennessy, Peter Schjeldahl, and Gabriella Paiella.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from bell hooks, Christopher Curtis, Kate Connolly, David Ramsey, and Henry Grabar.
Odd, Genius, or Something In Between: A Reading List on Writers
“Give me the weird tics, the turns of phrase, the strange beginnings. Give me the writer in their natural habitat.”
The Hungry Bears
“For the bears, the lack of salmon was a catastrophe on top of many others.”
All True At Once
You made a fool of the words “feminine” and “masculine” — you were neither, you were both.
Stranger Things: A Reading List of Unsolved Mysteries
Tales of odd phenomena stoke our imagination even as they tease us.
More Than a Feeling: A Blues Reading List
A hundred years on from its birth, the music continues to speak to the heart — an art form that also serves as social commentary, communal history, and cathartic release.

