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Tuesdays and Thursdays, we'll send you our latest originals and all our editor's picks—and Fridays, go even deeper with our Top 5 of the Week.
“Ritual is an urge and an act; it’s an aesthetic gesture. As an adult I established the habit of turning my attention to those subtle seasonal details and recording them. I was loving and honoring the land, but this practice still left something undone. A certain clarity, maybe formality. Something like a frame around a […]
“The HBO show was known for witty jabs and f-word-laden insults. But perhaps its biggest achievement was ending on its own terms—and its writing through lines along the way.”
“While AI can speed up the writing process, it doesn’t optimize quality—and it endangers our sense of connection to ourselves and others”
“The SEO arms race has left Google and the web drowning in garbage text, with customers and businesses flailing to find each other.”
Pointless elitism, or an urgent dress rehearsal for the climate crisis?
“My uncle was one of the lucky ones who, in a new city, found community and love from people outside the medical complex—people who had no reason to provide it other than the purity of their hearts.” Another week has rolled by, and once again, we are here to offer you your weekend reading! This […]
How can a person make up for seven decades of misrepresentation and willful distortion in the time allotted to a sound bite?
The 10 most popular reading lists on Longreads this year.
“Is the sport ready? Some of its biggest stars think so.”
“I am just one parent. What if more parents read translated books with their children?”
