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To Guiltless Pleasures
Ideas of propriety or coolness are the killer of dreams.
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Down With Efficiency
On why we might want to embrace friction and our recent editor’s picks.
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The Genocide the World Ignored
Ayder Comprehensive Medical Hospital was the second largest in Ethiopia and the jewel of the Tigrayan health system—and for two horrific years, it became a war zone.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week’s stories include techno, New Zealand, relationships, background music and doodles.
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The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring Erika Hayasaki
The award-winning journalist behind The Reported Essay newsletter on writing, reading, and making connections.
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A Place Among the Fiddlers
In a southwest Virginia fairground, thousands of musicians gather every August to keep a centuries-old tradition from flickering out.
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Kohlrabi Problems
This is how it goes sometimes. The goods arrive, and we don’t always know what to make of them.
