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‘Here I Gather All the Friends’: Machiavelli and the Emergence of the Private Study
“Reading is a form of necromancy, a way to summon and commune once again with the dead, but in what ersatz temple should such a ritual take place?”
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The Depths to Which We Go
Making sense of absence in the ever-dissolving karst of Missouri.
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Ten Outstanding Stories to Read in 2023
Ten hand-picked short stories to kick off your year in reading.
Posted inEssays & Criticism
How to Survive a Car Crash in 10 Easy Steps
A journalist navigates a world forever changed by her traumatic brain injury.
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Real Estate for the Apocalypse: My Journey into a Survival Bunker
In the Black Hills of South Dakota, entrepreneurs are translating fears of societal collapse into post-apocalyptic gated communities.
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Memory Machines
“Data centers have proliferated across Ireland, at great cost.”
Posted inFeature
Best of 2025: All Our Number One Story Picks
Every story we selected for the number one slot in our weekly newsletter, all in one place.
Posted inCuration
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition:
• Showing our age
• Special delivery
• Unfriendly wagers
• A shore thing
• Sale therapy
