The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Robert Sanchez, Nicholas Hune-Brown, Emily Van Duyne, David Ferris, and Jaya Saxena.
The Fabric of History By Michelle Weber Highlight Kirsten Tranter is cleaning out her closet. But how does the Marie Kondo method work for a “depressive personality…for whom joy is often an elusive feeling”?
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Lighter By Michelle Weber Highlight Colin Gillis is happy with most of the changes a massive weight change have brought, but finds unexpectedness sadness and loss, too.
Blithe, Euphoric, Grateful, and Over By Michelle Weber Highlight Monica Uszerowicz reflects on what living through the Holocaust does to a survivor’s relationship to food, hunger, and eating for pleasure, and how these relationships get passed on to successive generations.