This week, we’re sharing stories from Abigail Hauslohner, Roberto Lovato, Bathsheba Demuth, Oliver Milman, and Ryan Hockensmith.
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An Unseen World: A Reading List about Fermentation
Ferments are found in every culture and cuisine on earth, and the history of their production is deeply interwoven with our own.
Posted inEssays & Criticism
Low Country, High Water: A Reading List for a South Under Climate Change
How do you love a place that is sinking?
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Death and Life of the Greatest American City
“The city feels simultaneously attacked, abandoned, and bereft of competent leadership. It also feels very, very alive.” In an essay at GEN, Glynnis MacNicol explores New York City’s #NoFilter era.
Posted inNonfiction
Best of 2023: All of Our Number Five Story Picks
Each story we chose as our number five piece of the week in 2023, all in one place.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
Please Don’t You Be My Neighbor
“To watch those people vanish and be replaced by people who shine like glass, who cut through the sidewalks like knives but reflect nothing back, has been another scraping out. Am I still here? I don’t know anyone here anymore.”
Posted inStory
Longreads Best of 2020: Business Writing
Our top story picks in business writing this year.
Posted inEditor's Pick
As Seas Rise, Miami’s Black Communities Fear Displacement From The High Ground
“Regardless of what it’s called—’climate gentrification’ by academics and activists, ‘regular gentrification’ by some community members and city officials or ‘smart planning’ by developers and urban planners —there is an increasing push to build on high-ground in [Miami]. ”
Posted inCulture, Story
Lumbersexuality, a Sport and a Pastime
Why do people — mostly men — want to throw axes and dress like lumberjacks?
