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Posted inHighlight, Quote Posts, Science & Nature

The Grizzly Attack that Created a Bear Advocate

by Carolyn Wells December 18, 2020October 17, 2022

“The bear, still on all fours, was tall enough to look Mya in the eye. He huffed and gave a short growl. Then he charged.”

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads April 3, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Maria Elena Fernandez, Jake Bittle, Eva Holland, Naz Riahi, and Terra Fondriest.

Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

“Leave Us to Our Peace”: A Pact Made in Love

by Krista Stevens March 30, 2020October 19, 2022

“The way we die is changing. So, too, is the way we think about dying — and about the opportunity, even the right, to die at a time and place of our choosing.”

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads May 31, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from James Carroll, Cecilia D’Anastasio, Ben Steverman, Eva Holland, and Ian Brown.

Posted inNonfiction, Story

Born to Be Eaten

by Eva Holland May 30, 2019October 19, 2022

What’s at stake in the fight over development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? A caribou herd, and a culture that relies on it.

Posted inArts & Culture, Discussions, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Writing

The Writers’ Roundtable: Fiction vs. Nonfiction

by mikedang April 2, 2018October 19, 2022

A conversation between writers Eva Holland, Benjamin Percy, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Mary H.K. Choi, and Adam Sternbergh about writing on both sides of the fiction-nonfiction divide.

Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes

Polar Exploration: The Story of Pain

by Krista Stevens February 15, 2018October 19, 2022

It’s -40F. Your mission? Travel 20 miles back to town on skinny skis while pulling a heavy sled over the frozen earth. Oh, by the way — you have 72 hours or you fail the exam.

Posted inQuotes

24-Hour Competitive Rock Climbing: Finger Tips as Rough as Rhino Skin

by Krista Stevens March 28, 2017October 19, 2022

Why would anyone want to find out how many rock climbs they can do in a 24-hour period? For fun, of course.

Posted inMember Pick

Bird Man

by Krista Stevens February 28, 2017October 19, 2022

On birding as an extreme sport, and how observing birds satisfies a “bone-deep, soul-deep need to classify and organize the world around us.”

Posted inMember Pick, Story

Bird Man

by Krista Stevens February 28, 2017October 19, 2022

On birding as an extreme sport, and how observing birds satisfies a “bone-deep, soul-deep need to classify and organize the world around us.”

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