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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Showcasing stories from Chelsea Kirk; Tracie White; Timothy White; Jonathan Farmer and A.O. Scott; and Ellen Cushing.
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Recurring Screens
“A screen saver periodically smokes the locusts out, thereby saving the screen from the disfigurement of monotony.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week features pieces from Sabrina Imbler, Natan Last, Lulu Miller and John Megahan, Casey Cep, and David Grimm.
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Two Nights Playing With Fire At Patrick Mahomes And Travis Kelce’s Steakhouse
“The main trouble with 1587 Prime isn’t its child-like idea of luxury. It’s that it’s a steakhouse that doesn’t nail the steaks.”
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A Water Obsession and Our Weekly Top 5
“The majority of home water use takes place in the bathroom, so that’s where I started. I scaled back my showers to once a week and only flushed the toilet when the need was overwhelming. I wandered my dark little apartment doing calculations on a loop. How many gallons of water does the Livingston faucet […]
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A Portrait of the Artist as an Amazon Reviewer
“Between 2003 and 2019, Kevin Killian published almost twenty-four hundred reviews on the site. Can they be considered literature?”
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On Stamina, the Need to Write, and the Urgency of Youth
Award-winning poet Carl Phillips on writing, poetry, and perspective.
