The stories that sparked awe and made me think differently in 2024.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Showcasing stories from Katya Apekina, Jonathan W. Rosen, Robert Sanchez, Eric Levitz, and Natalie Marlin.
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Does Teaching Literature and Writing Have a Future?
“Learning that one’s job might soon be eliminated by the emergence of an overhyped new technology puts one in good company.”
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At His Majesty’s Pleasure
“Our pints correspondent took the train to Poundbury for King Charles’ coronation.”
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A Q&A with Julian Brave NoiseCat, a Journey Into a Fabled Forest, and Our Top 5
We learn a lot as we move along; if we’re lucky, we might shed some old wisdom for better understanding.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending stories by Pamela Colloff, Jasper Craven, Omer Bartov, Judith Sanders, and Lale Arikoglu.
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Strong Mothers, Boundless Lives, and the Week’s Top 5
We connect in such curious ways; thus are we transformed.
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I Woke Up With an Allergy to Cold
How can someone become allergic — full-on, allover hives allergic — to cold? This essay from Alison Espach unfolds like a slow walk along a precarious ridgeline: You feel the discomfort, but you also trust the journey enough to enjoy it. There’s a practiced sense of pace here, an easy deliberation that pairs well with […]
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What My Musical Instruments Have Taught Me
“When music made collaboratively with other musicians goes right, I feel a budding, rising warmth and comfort. Is this my mother smiling on me?”
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The Horrors of Pompeii
“The name ‘Eutychis’ was etched into a wall 2,000 years ago. Finding out who she was illuminates the dark side of Rome.”
