Michael Musto argues that wearing rose-colored glasses always leads to an unfair distortion — looking back on the best of the past while comparing it to the worst of the present.
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The Problem With Nostalgia
Michael Musto argues that wearing rose-colored glasses always leads to an unfair distortion — looking back on the best of the past while comparing it to the worst of the present.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
The Wind Sometimes Feels in Error
Each year the balloon strained and strained against its cords.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Dangers of Renting While Black in Gentrifying Cities
Joseph Williams reports on the increasing vulnerability of renters like himself.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Amanda Mull, Allegra Hobbs, Andrew O’Hagan, Andrew Kay, and Joe Veix.
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2018: Business Writing
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in business writing.
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Just a Spoonful of Siouxsie
Surviving seventh grade with a practically perfect punk nanny.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Quotes
In South Korea, Gentrification Goes Global
Factory workers and artists struggle to keep their work spaces in this Seoul neighborhood.
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What Does a Gentrifying City Look Like? Talk To the Man Who Delivers the Mail
Downtown Tucson’s redevelopment efforts are pitting property owners against each other and driving out renters. It has hit long-time Latino renters especially hard. Redevelopment will also mean more residents but not more postal carriers. Here’s how gentrification looks along one long-time carrier’s route, and what continuity means in a community.
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Kristen Arnett on Taxidermy, Memory, and “Mostly Dead Things”
“What’s considered high art? What’s lowbrow? What are those things? That’s something that, as a person who like, lives at 7-Eleven, I’m extremely interested in.”
