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On Learning Love and Compassion, and the Week’s Top 5 Stories
“The way forward had to be with open eyes and with hearts exposed to injury. We’d seen the price we paid when we failed to bear witness.” Hello, weekend, c’mon in! The light is slowly returning to the Northern Hemisphere, and with it the promise of brighter days ahead. First up, Amory Rowe Salem writes […]
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: Bezos, paper, scissors; feast or famine; one reason to stay here; any way you slice it; the real Winter Olympics, and more.
Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Washington City Paper, Astra Taylor and Sunaura Taylor, Leslie Jamison, Mark Pupo, and Madeleine Aggeler.
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Curiosity as Compassion: A Conversation with Susan Orlean
Why it’s important to cultivate resilience and curiosity as a writer.
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Insatiable: A Life Without Eating
When my Crohn’s disease took away food, it took what it means to be human.
Posted inQuestionnaire
The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring Cory Doctorow
The author of Enshittification and the new The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI on hammock life, the joy of pulp, and writing through it.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Showcasing stories from Sloane Crosley; Zadie Smith; Mark Johnson and Saumya Khandelwal; Todd Kliman; and Sheila Liming.
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The Cowboy Exclaims: The Ballad of an Ageing Vaquero and His Troubled Horse, Bunny
In this beautiful, gentle, look at the relationship between an aging cowboy and his horse, Marcello Di Cintio captures the spirit of “Vaquero horsemanship” — a true partnership between animal and rider. Then Walsh and Bunny did something I won’t forget. “Marcello’s over there,” I heard Walsh whisper to Bunny. “He’s a pretty good guy. […]
