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A Year in Reading: The Dark Side of Progress
We’re moving farther, faster, than ever before. But we’re also destabilizing crucial areas of human experience.
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Every Language Everywhere All at Once
“Audiences love foreign TV and film. So do streamers. There’s just one little challenge.”
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The Surrogacy State
A profile of three women carrying pregnancies after New York legalized paid surrogacy in 2021: In the days following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, photos of herself with her IFs went viral on TikTok. Portia, who wore a long red dress, cradled her bump, her IFs in the foreground. Were the three a throuple? Was she placing her baby for […]
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How the “Mother of Yoda” Conquered Hollywood — and Why She Disappeared
The skill of puppeteers, and puppet creators, can get overlooked — even when they create icons. So it was a delight to read Falene Nurse’s profile on puppet designer Wendy Froud, complete with wonderful photos from her time on film sets. “One of the most tragic moments in my life, in my early teens, was […]
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Best of 2023: The Audience Awards
The 10 editor picks that stood out to our readers.
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On Learning Love and Compassion, and the Week’s Top 5 Stories
“The way forward had to be with open eyes and with hearts exposed to injury. We’d seen the price we paid when we failed to bear witness.” Hello, weekend, c’mon in! The light is slowly returning to the Northern Hemisphere, and with it the promise of brighter days ahead. First up, Amory Rowe Salem writes […]
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Longreads Best of 2020: Profiles
Here’s a selection of profiles that resonated with us this year.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This edition highlights stories by Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, David Gauvey Herbert, Kit Chellel, Ashley Stimpson, and Nate Rogers.
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The People Who Know Too Much: A Reading List on Amateur Experts
The people whose private fixations become a way of seeing, remembering, and caring for the world.
