Recommending notable stories by J.K. Nickell, Conor Niland, Wendell Brock and Paul Kwilecki, Ally Jarmanning, and Drew Magary.
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Coming to Terms with Going Home
There are few places I can think of more melancholy than the streets of my hometown late at night.
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Friction, Travel Writing, (And Our Top 5)
A reading list on friction, an interview about travel writing, and the week’s Top 5.
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What to Know Before You Go
A conversation with Lavinia Spalding, editor of The Best Women’s Travel Writing, and our recent picks.
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Down With Efficiency
On why we might want to embrace friction and our recent editor’s picks.
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Sandlot Baseball as Social Glue (and More Top 5 Reads)
Finding community in sandlot ball (and our Top 5).
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A Family of Fugitives
A stranger-than-fiction true crime story, and our latest recommended reads.
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The Fugitive Childhood of a Cocaine Smuggler’s Daughters
“When their parents ripped two young sisters from their privileged lives, gave them fake names, and took them on the lam, they thought it was because their father was in trouble with the IRS. It would be years before they learned the truth about his life of crime.”
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Seeing with Soft Eyes
Jenny Odell on seeing, deep listening, and other ways to strengthen how we observe the life around us.
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Who am I to Diss a Brie?
“Plenty of people are looking for stilton, and some have more than a snack on their mind.”
