Accompanying a contestant to a pro-level Galaga tournament to discover how many digital space bugs you have to destroy to find renown, community, and a modicum of inner peace.
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Teaching a Stone to Fly
The perfect skipping stone has “lobes” that act as spokes, keeping the stone above the water.
Posted inBooks, Editor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, First Chapters, Nonfiction
A New Yorker, and a Sick Person
In an excerpt from her memoir, Porochista Khakpour recalls fashioning herself after her artist aunt’s example.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, First Chapters, Nonfiction, Story
A New Yorker, and a Sick Person
In an excerpt from her memoir, Porochista Khakpour recalls fashioning herself after her artist aunt’s example.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List, Sports
A Celebration of Rafael Nadal, the ‘King of Clay’
Rafa Nadal won his 11th French Open title on Sunday. A look back at his career.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Katherina Grace Thomas, James Lasdun, Kyle Chayka, Tay Wiles, and Buzz Bissinger.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Sober Gay Man Seeks…What, Exactly, He’s No Longer Sure
A survivor of childhood sexual abuse now in recovery, Larry Ruhl finds himself adrift in the age of hookup apps.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Sober Gay Man Seeks…What, Exactly, He’s No Longer Sure
A survivor of childhood sexual abuse now in recovery, Larry Ruhl finds himself adrift in the age of hookup apps.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Trying to Kill the Want
I was a grown, multi-degreed, loved, moneyed, professionally powerful woman who did not have the strength to wait one-third of an hour before having a drink.
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When Newspapers Cover the Private Lives of Nazis
Ordinary details can furnish a room, they can set a table, they can fill the time between hushed meetings of planned genocide.
