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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from James Carroll, Cecilia D’Anastasio, Ben Steverman, Eva Holland, and Ian Brown.
Posted inCulture, Food, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Optimizing Meat 2.0
Can Impossible Foods’ meat facsimiles save us from our carnivorous appetites?
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
The Geography Closest In
In her new book, Miranda Ward explores the unique place of almost-motherhood — an uncertain landscape characterized by waiting, wanting, hoping, and not-knowing.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Out There I Have to Smile
Heather Lanier explores the pressure to perform happiness.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Current Events, Highlight, Quotes
Sign On the Dotted Line to Ensure Your Own Destruction
New York’s court system aids and abets predatory lenders who prey on small business owners.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
The State of Waiting
Separated by war, boundaries, and immigration policies they cannot control, one young Yemeni couple refuses to give up on love.
Posted inBusiness, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Versage
Following knock-off fashion’s flow from Lagos to Guangzhou (and back again).
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Current Events, Highlight, Quotes
What’s a Good Hourly Wage for Developing PTSD?
Asking for a friend called Facebook.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Novelist Charles Portis Was a True Original
Every Portis fan has a different favorite passage from his novels, but they agree on one thing: no one wrote like Portis.
