The All My Dead Cats and Other Losses author and Flytrap co-founder on grief, breaking and fixing things, and Alice Wong.
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‘It’s More Like a Playlist’: Lavinia Spalding on Editing the Best Women’s Travel Writing
The editor of The Best Women’s Travel Writing series on curation, grief and levity, and the stories she hopes to read more of in the future.
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The Grab List: How Museums Decide What to Save in a Disaster
“Billions of dollars’ worth of art is imperilled by climate change. Curators will have to make sacrifices.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week’s top stories by Elizabeth Whitman, David Grann, Jack Stilgoe, Gloria Liu, and Tony Rehagen.
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Curator Spotlight: Vesna Jaksic Lowe on What It Means To Straddle Multiple Cultures
The writer of the Immigrant Strong newsletter wants to diversify your bookshelf.
Posted inNonfiction
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our editors share five favorites, just in time for your weekend.
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Style Ain’t Cheap, aka That Stuffed Coyote Costs Extra
Going to a hotel to have a place to sleep is for suckers: it’s influencing or bust.
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Living In These Curated Times
At The Baffler, Thomas Frank looks at the pros and cons and history of what we call “curation.”