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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition, we recommend stories from Eli Saslow, Mitchell S. Jackson, Adam Ciralsky, Heidi Lasher, and Noah Rawlings.
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The Depths to Which We Go
Making sense of absence in the ever-dissolving karst of Missouri.
Posted inEditor's Pick
In the Ruins of Palisades Fire, Confronting My Elusive Malibu Life
“Memories, nostalgia and regret mix on a trek to find the old family home.”
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Hidden in Plain Sight
“Jewish children who were ‘hidden’ in Christian families during the Holocaust have much to teach us about memory and trauma.”
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My Dad, the Demigod
“Henry Wismayer lost his dad to cancer at the age of four. He thinks through the ways it has shaped his life.”
Posted inNonfiction
Remembered Coast
A writer recollects her family history by excavating memories buried in Singapore’s reclaimed land.
Posted inEditor's Pick
We Were Known For Our Rivers
“A grieving daughter channels family memories along the Nueces.”
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No One Wanted Them to Win: Texas’ First Baseball Champions
“They could feel their accomplishment slowly being forgotten. The memory of their championship dying with them.”
