The world is full of make-believe. Some of it is sweet, some of it is sick. It persists because we have found no other antidote for pain.
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All Aboard for an Adventure in Inequality
“‘Did you enjoy your tour? Carrot-ginger soup for lunch today!’ And please don’t look at the corpse over there.”
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Is the Cure for Cancer Locked in Shrunken Heads from the Amazon?
Could shrunken heads from the Amazon hold the key to curing cancer?
Posted inCrime, Feature, Story, The Atavist Magazine
‘What’s the Worst Thing You’ve Ever Done?’
In Scott Kimball, the FBI thought it had found a high-value informant who could help solve big cases. What it got instead was lies, betrayal, and murder.
Posted inHighlight, Media, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
India’s Journalistic Source of Narrative NonfictionÂ
The dangers of journalists speaking the truth will not slow this Indian magazine down.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Highlight, Quote Posts
‘These Were His Mountains, After All’: Remembering One’s Father While Cycling in the Swiss Alps
James Jung thought he rode the winding narrow roads of the Alps to memorialize his dad. He was wrong.
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Me and You
Two friends, Hurricane Katrina, a suicide, and the pain and beauty that holds us all together.
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On Trees as Social Creatures and Fungi as the ‘Fabric of the Forest’
Trees were previously seen as individual and solitary organisms. But the research of Suzanne Simard shows otherwise.
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Longreads Best of 2020: Crime Reporting
Our top picks in Crime Reporting for 2020.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Sports, Story, Uncategorized
An Audience of Athletes: The Rise and Fall of Feminist Sports
Billie Jean King once tried to find a sustainable business model for feminist sports coverage. Then women’s fitness tried to revive the swimsuit model.
