In this edition: Bear bones, outstanding Outkast, Brightline’s brutality, lasting lunches, ruin ruminations, and more.
Literary Hub
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the ‘New York Times’ About Zohran Mamdani
“The former chair of the Africana Studies department at Bowdoin College would prefer not to.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week we are featuring stories from Liam Taylor, Piers Gelly, Christopher Cox, Anna Russell, and Lisa Russ Spaar.
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Dimes, Dunks, and Devotion: A Basketball Reading List
Seven essays that go beyond the box score.
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What Happened When I Tried to Replace Myself with ChatGPT in My English Classroom
“We would look at the evidence, and at the end of the semester, they would decide by vote whether A.I. could replace me.”
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Portrait of ChatGPT as a Young Artist: Vauhini Vara on Voice, Tech, and Using AI in Writing
“Sarah Viren talks to the author of ‘Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age.’”
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Suspended Falling: A Reading List on Walking
After seven million years of evolution, walking feels as natural as breathing. But as our environments evolve, so do our ways of walking through them.
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Feeling in Farsi, Writing in English: On Translating Your Life From One Language to Another
“Sahar Delijani navigates the complexity of conjuring her old life in a new language.”
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We’re Already at Risk of Ceding Our Humanity to AI
“Surekha Davies on machines, monsters and why humanity is still worth fighting for.”
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Remember the Titans: An ‘Attack on Titan’ Reading List
The influential anime didn’t just upend kaiju tropes—it delivered an unsettling look at imperialism and hubris.