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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
How rural America is failing migrants. The life lessons of soccer strategy. Moving on after the unthinkable happens. One house’s unsettling past. And a conversation between film icons. (Who doesn’t need more Nic Cage?) Welcome to our editors’ five favorite stories of the week. 1. What Happened to Rezwan Kartikay Mehrotra, Matti Gellman | ProPublica, […]
Best of 2023: The Audience Awards
The 10 editor picks that stood out to our readers.
Reading List: Who’s Your Susan Sontag?
Five longreads about the iconoclastic American writer, director, and activist.
Beloved Bother
A typo in my great-uncle’s obituary held the key to understanding him.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Mstyslav Chernov, Deborah Cohen, Marina Benjamin, Johanna Hoffman, and Gabriella Paiella.
Listen to the Sound of My Voice
How a journalist found her voice as her mother lost hers.
A Thing About Cancer
The movie The Thing reminds one woman of her father’s cancer, but she can’t stop watching it every year. Why?
Finding My Voice as My Mother Lost Hers
“Not long after I started my job as a radio host, my mother told me she had tongue cancer.”
All the Stories Nominated for the 2022 National Magazine Awards
Consider this your reading list for the next few weeks.

