“Nigel is a reminder of the unknown limits of human performance and the mysteries of the human mind.”
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Parting the Waters
“Generations of family memories wash away in Silver Falls.”
Don’t Bleed on the Artwork: Notes from the Afterlife
“The frame changes everything.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending excellent stories by Tony Ho Tran, Rachel Aviv, Ariel Saramandi, Theo Lipsky, and Inori Roy.
The Final Penalty
“Eagles 1980 Super Bowl icons, damaged by the game they loved, struggle to get compensated through the NFL’s controversial concussion deal.”
I Knew Diddy for Years. What I Now Remember Haunts Me.
“Looking back on my life as a woman in the music industry, I’m unsettled by the inescapable sexism perpetrated by Sean Combs and others.”
Meeting Mumbai Again After a Life-Changing Loss
“Moment by moment, this city will teach me to stay awake to the present, to pay attention, to follow the thread of human connection, to take pleasure where it’s found.”
I Tried to Forget My Whole Life. I’m Glad I Failed.
The hindsight of an adulthood autism diagnosis.
The Other Side of the World’s Largest Dam Removal
“Removing dams from the Klamath River in Northern California seems like a clear win for fish and rivers. Why do some locals hate it?”

