“Sometimes, the mechanism of the answer is something ludicrously complex, a thing that must be pieced out bit by bit. Other times, the solution requires retooling your perspective.”
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The Joy of New Words and the Week’s Top 5
“Yet I still doggy paddle in impostor syndrome. For I am not a biologist or cetologist, nor an oceanographer. I am just a woman with a pen, a profound love for water, and an eye for noticing patterns in the currents, eddies, and swirls of living.” Sometimes words aren’t enough. Or, at least, existing words […]
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Three Falls in The Alps
“I was tethered to my partner when we fell 200m, beginning an almost unbelievable new chapter in my life.”
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Did I Tell You About David?
“I didn’t know what he was looking for, but what he saw kept him focused on me in a way I wasn’t sure could or should exist.”
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Mother Sauce
“It proves Johnson’s point that following a recipe is not just an iterative act, but a creative one.”
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The Dirt on Pig-Pen
“His character was scribbled over, shaded, covered with specks…And yet — what was that dirtiness?”
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Weed Between the Lines: A Longreads Cannabis Collection
No matter how you choose to celebrate this year, take some time to revisit Longreads’ many 420-friendly original pieces and recommendations.
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Love, COVID, and Other Risks
Throughout the pandemic, Emma Healey and her immunocompromised partner — a liver transplant recipient — have constantly weighed and navigated day-to-day risks. As Toronto opens up, making decisions have become even more confusing. In this essay, Healey reflects on health, risk, and love. We are all making our decisions the same way—with one eye on […]
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Deleting Delusions
“With more than four billion people now active on social media platforms, our virtual lives are beginning to devour our actual ones.”
