“I wasn’t interested in writing the definitive book on A Tribe Called Quest. I was trying to write the definitive book on a single arc of fandom.”
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Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story
Three Decades of Cross-Cultural Utopianism in British Music Writing
The history of England’s fertile music press reveals as much about the opinionated English youth who created it as it does the music they covered in the second half of the 20th century.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Food, Nonfiction, Quotes
Who Says Healthy Food Can’t Be Accessible and Affordable?
Daniel Patterson, and the challenges of bringing fast healthy food to the impoverished neighborhoods trapped in food deserts.
Posted inArts & Culture, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Shelved: The Velvet Underground’s Fourth Album
The story of the Velvet Underground’s fourth album that almost never was.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Having the Wrong Conversations about Hate Activity
How a terrified mother tried — and failed — to be a walking-talking public service announcement.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Having the Wrong Conversations about Hate Activity
How a terrified mother tried — and failed — to be a walking-talking public service announcement.
Posted inReading List
Between Life and Death, There’s San Francisco: A Reading List
The Golden Gate Bridge has long embodied the contradictions of the city it overlooks: ambition, connection, innovation, a beginning and an end.
Posted inEditor's Pick
What’s the Maker of Post-it Notes Doing in the Ankle Monitor Business? Struggling
When corrections agencies started using electronic ankle monitors to relieve overcrowded prisons, 3M capitalized on the market opportunity. Their products’ failures caused innocent people to suffer and challenged the company’s long-heald philosophy about design and innovation.
Posted inCurrent Events, Story
A Frustrating Year of Reporting on Black Maternal Health
Stories of women of color dying of childbirth have dominated headlines — but little has been done to change postpartum care.
Posted inArts & Culture
Longreads Best of 2017: Arts & Culture Writing
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in arts and culture writing.
