Jaquira Díaz witnesses her father’s rebellious fight for a better life, and her homeland’s fight for its place in the world.
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Inside the OED: Can the World’s Biggest Dictionary Survive the Internet?
On the centuries-long quest to create the perfect, all-encompassing English dictionary.
Posted inBusiness, Business & Tech, Commentary, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Story
Pot Luck
Searching for justice in the newly legal weed economy
Posted inStory, Uncategorized
Free Solo
On the return of ‘Veronica Mars’ and the power of the solitary woman.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Lizzie Presser, Kathleen McGrory, Bryan Curtis, Anna Merlan, and Amalia Illgner.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Story
Running Dysmorphic
On competitive running, exactness, and finding permission to be myself.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Jason Fagone, Joe Zadeh, Victoria Myers, Andrew Dickson, and Steve Almond.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Only Downside to Lower Infant-Mortality Rates? All Those Baby Books
When you don’t need to worry about the big things, you can start obsessing over the small ones.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Story
American Dirt: A Bridge to Nowhere
“Jeanine Cummins can write about Mexico — but she will be judged on whether her writing actually captures the experiential and emotional and ethical complexity of that place, and she will be judged with extra care because she is an outsider.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
The Big Sick
Vomit culture keeps repeating on us because who doesn’t enjoy a good puke.
