Jacqueline Alnes shares 10 pieces that examine sports and mental health.
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Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature
Will Big Pharma Help Save Some of the Oldest Marine Life on Earth?
To save threatened shorebirds, one pharmaceutical biologist had to figure out how to save the crabs they depend on.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Science & Nature, Story
‘I Cannot Name Any Emotion That Is Uniquely Human.’
According to primatologist Frans de Waal, we don’t like to admit that animals, especially apes, have emotions just like ours, and science has become better at studying apes’ behaviors than human ones.
Posted inArts & Culture, Profiles & Interviews, Story
Beyond “Rumble”: Talking with John O’Connor About the Other Link Wray
Journalist John O’Connor talks about writing his epic Oxford American magazine feature on musician Link Wray.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Of Safe Words and the Sacred
A BDSM relationship gone wrong helped Britni de la Cretaz find God.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Of Safe Words and the Sacred
A BDSM relationship gone wrong helped Britni de la Cretaz find God.
Posted inNonfiction
‘There’s Virtually No Conversation In Chicago … About the Aftershocks of the Violence.’
In “An American Summer,” journalist Alex Kotlowitz tries to report on gun deaths on Chicago’s South Side with the same attention to survivors, anniversaries, and aftershocks that is paid to mass shootings.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Sun Was Going and the World Was Wrong
Annie Dillard describes her experience of the 1979 solar eclipse, the last one visible in the United States until this year.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Working Class Jilts America’s Sweetheart Deal
The working class is walking away from America’s favorite business transaction — traditional marriage — as good jobs disappear.
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2018: Business Writing
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in business writing.
