“This land has the ability to shape-shift, defying depth perception, and it occurs to me now that I will be very hard to spot from the air, if it comes to that.”
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In Memory of Nicole Brown Simpson
“You won’t ever know the worst that happened to Nicole Brown Simpson in her marriage, because she is dead and cannot tell you. And if she were alive, remember, you wouldn’t believe her.”
The Singing Glaciers of Svalbard
“Visitors have always brought their illusions, preoccupations and preconceptions to Svalbard, and taken something from it in return. And it’s always been a bad deal for the Arctic.”
The Hacker
“Runa Sandvik has made it her life’s work to protect journalists against cyberattacks. Authoritarian regimes are keeping her in business.”
Rubble From Bone
“The war on Gaza is at its core retributive: an act of collective punishment.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending great reads from Zack Stanton, Bryce Upholt, Charlie Warzel, Emily Stoddard, and Laurence Gonzalez.
Mystery of the Disappearing Teepee
“One day it was there. The next it wasn’t. Then it was back. Who wanted it gone?”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week we have stories from David Roth, Dhruv Mehrotra and Andy Greenberg, Thomas Dai, Cameron Maynard, and Katherine Rundell.
Best of 2023: Personal Essays
Our favorite personal essays published this year include stories on loss, Indigenous community, video games, caring for aging relatives, and the fear of missing love.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This edition features stories from Craig Silverman and Bianca Fortis, Kimon de Greef, Tom Vanderbilt, Diane Mehta, and George Stiffman.

