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The American Novel Has a Major Problem With Fat People
“Why does fiction do such a bad job of portraying fat characters?”
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A Tale of Two Kebabs
“The galouti kebab from a cool new NYC restaurant could never measure up to the one I ate in my father’s hometown. But maybe that’s not the point.”
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Lucinda Williams and the Idea of Louisiana
“But if you asked for an explanation why I love this place, the only answer would be just the same as why I hate it.”
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Absolute Darkness
“An unusual experience started me thinking even more closely about degrees of darkness, the nature of darkness, and darkness as a physical thing.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending notable stories by Kori Suzuki, D. Watkins, Mike Scalise, Emily Polk, and Vassi Chamberlain.
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A Preservation of Summer Pulled into Winter
“The gin, now, is wrapped up in those memories: wild and unruly in both ways, full of the tang of the uncultivated tree, the illicit uses of these spaces otherwise unused by people.”
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Scrabble, Anonymous
“Somehow, doing it with other people took the stain away, made it feel fun instead of abject.”
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Fast Times on America’s Slowest Train
A surreal train ride between Chicago and New Orleans proves that Amtrak still has a lot to offer. (Not including speed or the food.)
