“An obscure murder keeps resurfacing in Black story and song.”
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Acid Blues (Slight Return)
“The music of Jimi Hendrix continues to strike a chord.”
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Puzzled
“In the world of jigsaws, there can be a fine line between productivity and pleasure.”
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Second and Long
“Why did James Whitehead—poet, fiction writer, and onetime college football player—fail to complete a successor to his celebrated first novel?”
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Jeremy Spoke in Class Today
“On guns, MTV, Stephen King, and the nightmare from which we cannot awake.”
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Maximalisma
“A professor endeavors to separate treasure from trash—before her children have to do it for her.”
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Blood-Blue Sky
“How horseshoe crabs and ecological grief connect with the wonders of the human heart.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Showcasing stories from Nicholas Hune-Brown, Nick Sturm, Samanth Subramanian, Kristin Idaszak, and Sy Safransky.
