Longreads editors discuss stories in The Baffler, The New York Times Magazine, and the Kenyon Review.
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Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Quotes
This Is the Excellent Foppery of the World
Mercury’s in retrograde, so it’s a great day to read this post.
Posted inBooks, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
‘We All Live in the Great Database in the Sky’: On Silicon Valley and UFO Culture
“The idea seems to be that we all live in the great database in the sky, occasionally summoning aliens with our minds.” Emily Harnett explores Silicon Valley’s appropriation of UFO culture.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Close Encounters of the Digital Kind
“The idea seems to be that we all live in the great database in the sky, occasionally summoning aliens with our minds.” Emily Harnett explores Silicon Valley’s appropriation of UFO culture.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Tiffany Stanley, Raj Telhan, Alex Pareene, Nico Muhly, and Chris Heath.
Posted inBooks, Commentary, Culture, Current Events, History, Nonfiction, Science & Nature
This Week in Books: This Moment Doesn’t Remind Me of Anything
Lawrence Wright did it again; Jordan Peterson in a coma?; Myriam Gurba forced out of her job; Woody Allen canceled by his publisher’s employees; THE VIRUS; and more.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Elizabeth Weil, Leah McSweeney and Jacob Siegel, Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger, Sean Patrick Cooper, and Priya Krishna.
Posted inReading List
This Week In Books: I Bought Some Books
Am I ghoul for buying all these plague books?
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Quotes, Technology
Mind Your Mindfulness — You’re Playing Right Into Their Hands
Is “mindfulness” not the cure for anxiety we thought it was? Dang, neoliberalism wrecks everything.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Quotes
The Myth of the Singular Voice
Ahistorical narratives of racial uplift and singular heroes deny complexity and are devoid of real politics.
