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Posted inArts & Culture, Business, Business & Tech, Story
The Difference Between Being Broke and Being Poor
It’s a recognition that comes in the aisle of a grocery store.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
His Life’s Set Prize: The Story of Polar Explorer Henry Worsley
Sometimes, knowing when to go home is the most important decision you can make on a polar expedition.
Posted inNonfiction
‘We Live in an Atmosphere of General Inexorability’: An Interview with Jia Tolentino
Jia Tolentino talks about what kinds of personalities thrive online, why she is suspicious of her own self-narrative, and the pervading sense that everything’s spiraling out of control.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Woman Who Helped Daniel Mendelsohn Become a Writer
How a septuagenarian friend taught critic Daniel Mendelsohn to see the world as a writer.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story
‘We Are All Responsible’: How #MeToo Rejects the Bystander Effect
The classic “Bystander Effect” blames a lack of intervention on diffusion of responsibility. That doesn’t fly anymore.
Posted inCommentary, Uncategorized
Eight Days in September, A Decade Later
Looking back at the weekend that nearly destroyed America’s economy.
Posted inNonfiction
‘They Were Growing Seedlings…Which Would Sprout To Become Supreme Court Justices’
Ruth Marcus discusses the Federalist Society’s 30-year Justice-grooming project, the botched investigations, and everything else that brought us “too big to fail” Brett Kavanaugh.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Sloane Crosley, Jason Fagone, Bronwen Dickey, Heather Radke, and Kelly Conaboy.
Posted inQuotes, Unapologetic Women
‘Cat Person’ and the Young Person
Many of us can viscerally remember what it was like to be young and overwhelmed by the power of our youth.
