What is storytelling? Megan Marz explores stories, narratives, blog posts, and vibes in this Real Life essay. While I could recognize that blog posts were narrative constructions, and many of them had conventional arcs, they seemed to break with a tradition that to me defined what stories were. They appeared to leak literary expression back […]
Search results
Posted inTop 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week’s edition highlights stories by Chris Walker, Katie Prout, Tim Requarth, Michael Schulman, and Celia Bell.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Last Resorts
“Disabled people and advocates fear that medically assisted suicide will become a weapon for the state to do away with what capitalism considers unproductive bodies.”
Posted inReading List
Nature Isn’t Called ‘the Wild’ for Nothing: A Queer Ecology Reading List
Six stories to change the way you think about nature.
Posted inReading List
Not Just Communes: A Reading List on Intentional Communities
Six stories highlighting communal lifestyles, past and present.
Posted inEditor's Pick
What Was Brangelina?
“They were known for their image-making savvy. As their divorce reenters the press cycle, who’s better at it.”
Posted inTop 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
“Featuring reads from Grace Glass and Sasha Tycko, Max Graham, Alex Blasdel, James Somers, and Ben Goldfarb.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Everything is Open
“’Pick-proof,’ boasts the lock that gives up the fight after a few seconds of fumbling; ‘pick-proof,’ claims the lock whose hatch pops open with a single sharp bash from a rock.”
Posted inUncategorized
Bed Habits
“One insomniac’s descent into the world of sleep research to understand what screens before bed are doing to our brains.”
Posted inUncategorized
Why Creative Work Still Matters and the Week’s Top 5
“The implication is that to exist within a community or to practice a craft out of passion and joy is not success. To many, maybe, that is true. But how limited is our potential, our community, our creativity when success is defined like that?” Does anyone remember that this week started out with an extra […]
