Food writer Su-Jit Lin contemplates the role of a favorite dish in her relationship with her immigrant chef father.
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The Young Man and the Sea Sponge
SpongeBob SquarePants turned 20 this summer. This is the story of how a marine biology teacher named Stephen Hillenburg gave life to an animated character who continues to delight fans worldwide.
Posted inNonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Sports, Story
Benoit Paire, Tennis Solitaire
Thessaly La Force hangs out with the lonesome, racquet-smashing Frenchman.
Posted inCurrent Events, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Caught Between Borders
Closed borders and closed minds are trapping African LGBTI asylum seekers in hostile countries.
Posted inEditor's Pick
An MSG Convert Visits the High Church of Umami
If you love the satisfying, deep flavor of many umami-rich foods, you love MSG whether you know it or not. One fellow MSG fan made a pilgrimage to the company responsible for enhancing so much flavor, and enhancing life itself: Ajinomoto outside of Tokyo.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Jessica Bruder, Garrett M. Graff, Suleika Jaouad, Gulnaz Saiyed, and Daniel Riley.
Posted inNonfiction
California Burning
A year after the Camp Fire, Tessa Love contemplates home, California’s undoing, and what it means to belong.
Posted inNonfiction
If I Made $4 a Word, This Article Would Be Worth $10,000
Journalism’s one percent would rather make up a fake feud than address the reality of the industry’s pay disparity, which benefits them and no one else.
Posted inNonfiction
Communiqué from an Exurban Satellite Clinic of a Cancer Pavilion Named after a Financier
Anne Boyer encounters a familiar system — that grand and easy-to-mistake-for-everything system — at the cancer pavilion.
Posted inBooks, Fiction, Story, Uncategorized
Seasonal Associate
No longer able to live on her freelance writing income, German novelist Heike Geissler takes a holiday seasonal job at an Amazon fulfillment center.
