If the convenience store and Japanese society are so similar, why can Keiko Furukura function in one and not the other?
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Longreads Best of 2017: Arts & Culture Writing
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in arts and culture writing.
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Nonfiction
The Great Online School Scam
Students are performing worse than ever, but private companies are making millions.
Posted inBlog Post, Media, Unapologetic Women
Moira Donegan is the Anti-Katie Roiphe We Need
Katie Roiphe’s moment is over.
Posted inBusiness & Tech
Mark Zuckerberg Would Like the Authority to Rule, Please
The Facebook CEO is in control of his company. He could just use a little more confidence.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
The Cowboy Image and the Growth of Western Music
How did cowboy hats and boots become the visual iconography of American rural music?
Posted inBooks, History, Story
Nell Battle Lewis, Storyteller for Jim Crow
How an otherwise high-minded social reformer preserved and perpetuated her white supremacist worldview.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
How Patagonia Continues to Operate As a Model of Responsible Capitalism
With America’s public lands and the world’s climate under attack, the outdoor industry needs leaders more than ever and Patagonia is out in front.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
How Lobbyists Normalized the Use of Chemical Weapons on American Civilians
Or, how we learned to stop worrying and love the gas.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Story
Bundyville Chapter Four: The Gospel of Bundy
The Bundys have found momentum in the Trump era. Ryan Bundy is running for governor and politicians are joining the Bundys at public events. They say they’ll do “whatever it takes” to defend their rights.
