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We All Die In the End, But Our Skin Looks Great: A Reading List
Are you happy and well-rested, or did you just find a great new snail collagen sheet mask?
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Frailty, Thy Name Is Immigration Control
Quoting Shakespeare isn’t new, but using it in court to fight Trump’s immigration control is.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from C.J. Chivers, David Ewing Duncan, Steve Silberman, Anna Wiener, and David Marchese.
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I Will Outlive My Cat: A Reading List on Pet Death
Alison Fishburn shares seven longreads on how humans experience the death of their pets.
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Truly Seeing the River: An Interview with Writer Boyce Upholt
Writing about the culture and beauty of the Mississippi Delta requires seeing the mighty river as more than a line of water.
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You Talk Real Good
Alison Stine confronts the ways in which being hard of hearing has made her job search more difficult.
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To Reflect, To Love, and To Protest: A Pride Month Reading List
A roundup of longreads to celebrate Pride Month.
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Can the Jaguars’ Unique Biology Help It Survive On Our Over-Populated Planet?
By avoiding confrontations with humans, and using water and edge-lands, jaguars might be ideally suited to surviving the modern world.
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Shelved: Van Morrison’s Contractual Obligation Album
This is the sound of not really trying.
