“So I tiptoed through life, aware that my obsessive enthusiasm could set people off like a bomb.”
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The Worst Shot Ever Taken
“The author and his closest basketball confidantes undertake a formal analysis of Steph Curry’s shot at the Paris Olympics as art object.”
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Poets in the Machine
Why does the literary world still hold online writing at arm’s length?
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In the Shadow of the Mountain
“One British family produced two legendary climbers whose summitted mountains in the Alps and the Himalayas. This is their story.”
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Reckoning With Belonging in Britain
“Journeys to England’s asylum hotels prompt reflections on what it means when the country you call home may no longer want you.”
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The Kid Is All Right: In Defense of Picky Eating
“On learning to accept your child’s discriminating tastes, even when it hurts.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending notable stories by Andy Greenberg, Michelle Orange, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Jefferson Mao, and Will Steinfeld.
